Tarasconin Tartarin by Alphonse Daudet

"Tarasconin Tartarin" by Alphonse Daudet is a novel written in 1872. In the Provençal town of Tarascon, hunting enthusiasts have eliminated all local game and resort to shooting their own caps for sport. When middle-aged Tartarin rashly expresses interest in hunting lions, the townspeople assume he's planning an expedition to Algeria. To save face, he embarks on a disastrous journey filled with con artists, absurd equipment, and comic misadventures, ultimately returning home penniless but claiming glory after an unexpected encounter with a tame lion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897
Translator Hahl, Jalmari, 1869-1929
Uniform Title Tartarin de Tarascon. Finnish
Title Tarasconin Tartarin
Original Publication Finland: Otava, 1900.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarin_of_Tarascon
Credits Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 32.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Algeria -- Fiction
Subject Lion hunting -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 70406
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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