Letters From My Windmill (1869)

by Alphonse Daudet

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML: Have you ever fantasized about leaving big-city life behind and making a beeline for a bucolic village? That's exactly what Alphonse Daudet did, and he documents the results of his decision in the series of fictionalized sketches collected in Letters From My Windmill, in which he recounts his move from the hustle and bustle of Paris to the rustic life in a small village in Provence. The book is prized throughout France for its loving depiction of the virtues of rural life. .… (more)

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AnkaraLibrary | Feb 23, 2024 |

Adaptação de Cartas do meu moinho, esse livro retrata a França Provençal reunindo diversos contos e crônicas narrados por um homem que deixou a agitada Paris para descobrir beleza e novidade no interior. Divertido, leve e repleto de reflexões intrínsecas é uma leitura encantadora

bibliotecapresmil | Sep 9, 2022 |

A writer gets away from the bustle of Paris and stays in an old mill to do some work. This is a sequence of short stories, actually calling them stories doesn't feel accurate, tableau's might be a better description.
Each piece paints a little picture of life. Many are quite cheery although it does get dark in places. Its really quite good and the writing can be quite beautiful. Towards the end however things become a bit political and historical and its not quite as much fun. (

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wreade1872 | Nov 28, 2021 |

Goodness may be extremely irritating in a book. In this book the effect is somehow minimized. Read it in Russian. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Daudet, Alphonse	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Altena, Ernst van	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Lettres de mon moulin et Contes du lundi by Alphonse Daudet

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Brev från min kvarn : berättelser. D. 1 by Alphonse Daudet

Brev från min kvarn : berättelser. D. 2 by Alphonse Daudet

Lettres de mon moulin by Alphonse Daudet

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Lire et s'entraîner : Alphonse Daudet : Lettres de mon moulin [book + sound recording] by CIDEB

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Lire et s'entraîner : Alphonse Daudet : Lettres de mon moulin [book + sound recording] by CIDEB

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Letters From My Windmill

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Lettres de mon moulin

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1880 (English)

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Les lettres de mon moulin (1954 | IMDb)

Les lettres de mon moulin (1970 | IMDb)

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Par-devant maître Honorat Grapazi, notaire à la résidence de Pampérigouste," A comparu :
" Le sieur Gaspard Mitifio, époux de Vivette Cornille, ménager au lieudit des Cigalières et y demeurant :

It is the custom in Provence, when the warm weather comes, to send the flocks up into the Hills.

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

Have you ever fantasized about leaving big-city life behind and making a beeline for a bucolic village? That's exactly what Alphonse Daudet did, and he documents the results of his decision in the series of fictionalized sketches collected in Letters From My Windmill, in which he recounts his move from the hustle and bustle of Paris to the rustic life in a small village in Provence. The book is prized throughout France for its loving depiction of the virtues of rural life.

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Drobné povídky, jejichž náměty čerpal Daudet ze vzpomínek na rodný kraj, vycházely v denním tisku až do roku 1869 a první vydání souboru bylo nazváno "Provencalské kroniky". Opěvují patriarchální mravy a způsob života tamních venkovanů, vyprávějí o jejich drobných i velkých radostech a starostech, o jejich láskách a o tragických osudech námořníků. Mnohé jsou laděny lyricky, často s přídechem humoru; v několika mistrovských dílkách cítíme skrytý satirický posměšek církvi a jejím představitelům. Lyrická sentimentalita maloměšťáckého romantika, jakým byl autor podivuhodných dobrodružství Tartarina ve své prvotině, je vlastně jakýmsi druhem protestu proti expansi kapitalistické skutečnosti do idyly milované Provence. "Listy" jsou napsány prostým, přitom však čistým jazykem, tak jako by Daudet se čtenářem přímo vyprávěl.

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