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Tartarin of Tarascon
Alphonse Daudet
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It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions. Instead of finding a romantic, mysterious Oriental fantasy land, he finds a sordid world suspended between Europe and the Middle East. And worst of all, there are no lions left.
It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions. Instead of finding a romantic, mysterious Oriental fantasy land, he finds a sordid world suspended between Europe and the Middle East. And worst of all, there are no lions left.
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Blanched and agitated, with the needle-gun still in his fist, he brooded, erect before the counter. A lion from the Atlas Range at pistol range from him, a couple of strides off? a lion, mind you—the beast heroic and ferocious above all others, the King of the Brute Creation, the crowning game of his fancies, something like the leading actor in the ideal company which played such splendid tragedies in his mind's eye. A lion, heaven be thanked! and from the Atlas, to boot! It was more than the great Tartarin could bear.
Suddenly a flush of blood flew into his face. His eyes flashed. With one convulsive movement he shouldered the needle-gun, and turning towards the brave Commandant Bravida (for. . . Read More
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Incredibly entertaining, beautifully told story, full of irony; undertones of criticism on the bourgeois gentilhomme. Typical exaggerations, in line of Rabelais. Outspoken defense of the southern mentality.
Αχ, τι ωραίο βιβλιαράκι που ήταν αυτό! Ούτε που κατάλαβα πότε το ξεκίνησα και πότε το τελείωσα, από τη μια το μέγεθός του, από την άλλη η υπέροχη ιστορία του που με ταξίδεψε και με έκανε να ξεχαστώ τελείως από την πεζή πραγματικότητα, σίγουρα ήταν δυο παράγοντες που βοήθησαν στη γρήγορη και πάνω απ'
Тартарен, личност авантуристичког духа, која слови за мистичну, храбру, скоро легендарну појаву у свом малом месту Тараскону, чиме је свакако допринело његово “преувеличавање” доживљаја, подстакнуто његовим марљивим изучавањем авантуристичких романа, живот у егзотичним условима окружен ретким биљкам
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Tartarín de Tarascón es una novela de aventuras de estilo humorístico escrito por el francés Alphonse Daudet y publicado por primera vez en 1872. La obra consta de tan solo 82 páginas y tres grandes episodios (En Tarascón, En el país de los "teurs" y En la tierra de los leones), cada uno de ellos di