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L' Arlésienne
A mon cher et grand Bizet odi et amo. Quomodo id faciam, fortasse requiris ?
- GenresPlaysFranceShort Stories
99 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 1999
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About the author
Alphonse Daudet
1,787 books198 followersStories of life of French writer Alphonse Daudet of the naturalist school in his native Provence include
Lettres de mon moulin
(1869).
Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet authored novels. He was the younger brother of Ernest Daudet. He was married to Julia Daudet and the father of Léon Daudet, Lucien Daudet and Edmée Daudet, all writers.
Family on both sides belonged to the bourgeoisie. Vincent Daudet, the father, manufactured silk, but misfortune and failure dogged the man through life. A boyhood depressed Alphonse amid much truancy had. He spent his days mainly at Lyon, left in 1856, and began life as a schoolteacher at Alès, Gard, in the south. The position proved intolerable. As Charles Dickens declared that all through his prosperous career, the miseries of his apprenticeship to the blacking business haunted him in dreams, so after Daudet left Alès, he woke with horror, thinking for months that he still dwelt among his unruly pupils.
On 1 November 1857, he abandoned teaching and took refuge with Ernest Daudet, his brother only some three years his senior, who tried "soberly" to make a living as a journalist in Paris. Alphonse took to writing, and a small volume, Les Amoureuses (1858), collected his poems and met with a fair reception. He obtained employment on Le Figaro, then under energetic editorship of Cartier de Villemessant, and wrote two or three plays; those interested in literature began to recognize him as possessing individuality and promise. Morny, all-powerful minister of Napoleon III, appointed Daudet, who held a post of his secretaries till death of Morny in 1865, and Morny showed Daudet no small kindness. Daudet put his foot on the road to fortune.
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Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet authored novels. He was the younger brother of Ernest Daudet. He was married to Julia Daudet and the father of Léon Daudet, Lucien Daudet and Edmée Daudet, all writers.
Family on both sides belonged to the bourgeoisie. Vincent Daudet, the father, manufactured silk, but misfortune and failure dogged the man through life. A boyhood depressed Alphonse amid much truancy had. He spent his days mainly at Lyon, left in 1856, and began life as a schoolteacher at Alès, Gard, in the south. The position proved intolerable. As Charles Dickens declared that all through his prosperous career, the miseries of his apprenticeship to the blacking business haunted him in dreams, so after Daudet left Alès, he woke with horror, thinking for months that he still dwelt among his unruly pupils.
On 1 November 1857, he abandoned teaching and took refuge with Ernest Daudet, his brother only some three years his senior, who tried "soberly" to make a living as a journalist in Paris. Alphonse took to writing, and a small volume, Les Amoureuses (1858), collected his poems and met with a fair reception. He obtained employment on Le Figaro, then under energetic editorship of Cartier de Villemessant, and wrote two or three plays; those interested in literature began to recognize him as possessing individuality and promise. Morny, all-powerful minister of Napoleon III, appointed Daudet, who held a post of his secretaries till death of Morny in 1865, and Morny showed Daudet no small kindness. Daudet put his foot on the road to fortune.
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Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews
September 6, 2022
I do not remember almost anything about this story read two week ago, which is not a good sign. I liked it when I read it but it did not make a strong impression, it seems. It is about unshared love and betrayal.
Read in Found In Translation anthology. I am trying to go through one story each week.
Read in Found In Translation anthology. I am trying to go through one story each week.
August 28, 2021
A pretty sad tale told in a very succinct manner
December 21, 2019
(Audible)
Written in 1869.
Sad short story about two workers walking by a house in town and one recounts to the other the sad love story of a handsome young man who fell in love with a girl from Arles and was going to marry her, until he found out she had been unfaithful. Distraught, he goes mad and kills himself.
Sounds like an operetta, doesn't it? There was a stage version with music by Bizet.
Daudet is a French novelist 1840-1897
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Written in 1869.
Sad short story about two workers walking by a house in town and one recounts to the other the sad love story of a handsome young man who fell in love with a girl from Arles and was going to marry her, until he found out she had been unfaithful. Distraught, he goes mad and kills himself.
Sounds like an operetta, doesn't it? There was a stage version with music by Bizet.
Daudet is a French novelist 1840-1897
RECOMMEND
August 8, 2025
این داستان کوتاه در داستان های برگزیده دوده به نام آرنوین با ترجمه مغشوش و ضعیفی ثبت شده . احتمالا ترجمه بهتر در داستان هایی از آسیای من چاپ پیش از انقلاب قابل دسترس است جالب است واژه آرلزین به معنای لفظی دختر اهل آرل در معنای ضمنی و تلویحی که در داستان می آید به واژگان فرانسوی اضافه شده که بعدها بسیار در ادبیات به آن ارجاع شده
December 22, 2019
Narrated by Stephen Fry, this was actually better than I was expecting!
The narration was only 7 minutes long, but it deals with suicide - a series topic I wasn't expecting a short story written in (I believe) the 1800s to deal with
The narration was only 7 minutes long, but it deals with suicide - a series topic I wasn't expecting a short story written in (I believe) the 1800s to deal with
November 9, 2017
Um, ok...
February 10, 2019
Gelezen ifv een eventuele enscenering in het theater. Melodramatisch en zelfs wat seksistisch : een jonge, vrijgevochten vrouw die als ‘slet’ wordt omschreven...het is echt niet meer van deze tijd.
January 28, 2020
I Listened on audio read by Stephen Fry. It was a surprisingly short short story that was very serious.
September 3, 2020
Nicely narrated by Stephen Fry, this very short story seems rather pointless and shallow.
August 25, 2021
Dear dear...
November 4, 2021
A very sad and short tale of love. Less than 10 minutes of reading time, good for adding to your reading challenge :)
April 9, 2023
Sad, not my favorite!
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July 8, 2023I watched it here.
https://youtu.be/JhU8AufH2tI
https://youtu.be/JhU8AufH2tI
August 26, 2024
Une (très) courte nouvelle qui a inspiré Bizet pour sa fameuse "Arlésienne" que j'adule tant💖
June 2, 2021
"Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love."-As You Like It, William Shakspeare
June 23, 2016
A man passing by a house with some fellows tells a story about the inhabitants of the house. A young man fell in love with a woman in the village, but their romance fell through when it was revealed she was unfaithful. The story relates the man's struggle with heartbreak.
September 28, 2015
Heard on audiobook. A short, sad love story. Nothing special.
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