TARTARIN OF TARASCON
TARTARIN OF TARASCON
by
ALPHONSE DAUDET
EPISODE THE FIRST
IN TARASCON
I. The Garden Round the Giant Trees.
My first visit to Tartarin of Tarascon has remained a never-to-be- forgotten date in my life; although quite ten or a dozen years ago, I remember it better than yesterday.
At that time the intrepid Tartarin lived in the third house on the left as the town begins, on the Avignon road. A pretty little villa in the local style, with a front garden and a balcon ...