THE NEW DON QUIXOTE OR THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF TARTARIN DE TARASCON
Author:
Alphonse Daudet
First edition:
Les Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon is a novel in three parts, published in 1872.
Main illustrators:
Banroques Blachon Mignon Sabatier
In short:
Tartarin, a well-built almost fat man, is a memeber of the burgeoisie in Tarascon. He peacefully lives in his house, reading Fenimore Cooper's books and dreaming of adventure. His neighbours know that he likes inventing wonderful voyages and narrating incredible deeds. But finally he decides to move: he will go and hunt an African lyon!
Selection of edition:
Tartarin of Tarascon, translated and introduced by Jacques LeClercq, illustrated with drawings by W.A. Dwiggins. 2 vols. 6x4-1/2, cloth backed pattered boards, slipcase, printed paper spine label. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930.
Tartarin de Tarascon, illustrated by Georges Jeanniot, Dentu, 1887, 200 ill.
Tartarin de Tarascon, illustrated by Felician Myrbach, Guillaume, 1887.
Tartarin de Tarascon, illustrated by Roger Blanchon, Gallimard, 1977
Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon, illustrated by Roland Sabatier, Hachette, 1980.
Tartarin de Tarascon, illustrated by Philippe Mignon, Gallimard, 1987
Tartarin de Tarascon, illustrated by Marie-José Banroques, Deux Coqs d'Or, 1995.
More about Tartarin:
Tartarin de Tarascon is Daudet's best-known work. The trilogy was also formed by Tartarin in the Alps (1885) and Port-Tarascon (1890).
The character of Tartarin first appeared in the French newspaper "Le Figaro", called there Barbarin de Tarascon.
On the Internet:
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