Daudet (dō′ dā́′), Alphonse, a modern French novelist, was born at Nîmes, May 1840. His first literary work was in the line of poetry, and he spent some years writing for the stage. To Figaro and other journals he contributed some of his best work. One of his most noted early works is Tartarin of Tarascon, a most amusing satire on the characteristics of the natives of the south of France, which he followed by a second part, Tartarin on the Alps. Many of his later works exhibit a rich pathos, as in Jack. His writings generally are vigorous and lively. He died at Paris, on Dec. 16, 1897.
