The Novels, Romances and Writings of Alphonse Daudet, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Novels, Romances and Writings of Alphonse Daudet, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Alphonse Daudet and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Novels, Romances and Writings of Alphonse Daudet, Vol. 1 Towards the end of 1868 Daudet first saw him - a shivering, round-shouldered, pathetic figure, whose ill-fitting coat covered but scantily the narrow chest racked by an ominous cough. In Paris, where the sight of wretchedness and want and disease is too familiar to arrest even a momentary attention, such a figure as this might have passed on unnoticed, lost in that great stream of human life that overflows the pavements of the mighty city. Clothed in picturesque rags, it might perhaps have served some artist in search of a model, but the novelist could scarcely have singled out so familiar a figure to be the hero of a novel. Had Daudet himself first met this unfortunate in the streets of Paris, it is doubtful whether Jack would have been written at all. But it was at Champrosay they met, Champrosay which plays no small part in Daudet's life, and is mentioned lovingly in connection with his labors. To what chance they owed their acquaintance we do not know, but for a time they were neighbors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.