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As Julian Barnes writes in the introduction to his superb translation of Alphonse Daudet’s La Doulou, the mostly forgotten writer nowadays “ate at the top literary table” during his lifetime (1840–1897). Henry James described him as “the happiest novelist” and “the most charming story-teller”... read more
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Quotes edit
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“Pain is always new to the sufferer, but loses its originality for those around him. Everyone will get used to it except me.”
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“The walks I used to take around this land of pain. Could still find it in myself to laugh. Lunches. La Bellocquiére. Seen it all again in my mind's eye. Villemagne and the Pont-du-Diable. Felt like crying. I remember what Caoudal said: 'And to think that I shall come to regret all this!”
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“Exchange between the bachelor and the married man. The problem of jealousy, when a man is no longer a man and becomes unable to defend his hearth and home.”
First Sentence edit
'What are you doing at the moment?'
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alphonse Daudet (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 843.8
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