Tartarin de Tarascon
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| Author | Alphonse Daudet |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
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| Released | 1872 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 92 pp (Kessinger Publishing paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 1419150812 |
Tartarin de Tarascon is an 1872 novel written by the French author Alphonse Daudet.
It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions. Instead of finding a romantic, mysterious Oriental fantasy land, he finds a sordid world suspended between Europe and the Middle East. And worst of all, there are no lions left.
The book was followed by two sequels: Tartarin sur les Alpes (1885) and Port-Tarascon (1890).
Since 1985, a small museum in the town of Tarascon is dedicated to the fictional character Tartarin. A festival is held in Tarascon every year on the last Sunday of June to remember Tartarin and the unrelated Tarasque.
[edit] Cinematic Adaptations
Tartarin de Tarascon has been adapted into cinematic form three times, in 1908, 1934, and 1962, with each work being titled after its point of reference. The earliest cinematic version was a short, filmed in 1908 by the legendary and influential magician-cum-director, Georges Méliès.
The second and perhaps most notable effort was the 1934 film, which was directed by frenchman Raymond Bernard and starred Raimu in the role of Tartarin, as well as Sinoël, Fernand Charpin and Charles Camus in other principle roles.
The 1962 film was directed by Francis Blanche, and starred Alfred Adam, Jacqueline Maillan, Bourvil, Robert Porte.
