Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 135 Daudet, Alphonse 1840 1897 Daudet, Louis Marie Alphonse Tartarin sur les Alpes Produced by Carlo Traverso, Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tartarin sur les Alpes" by Alphonse Daudet is a comedic novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers around the character of Tartarin, a larger-than-life hero from Tarascon, as he embarks on a journey to the Swiss Alps, driven by ambition and fantasies of adventure. It explores themes of bravery, folly, and the intersection of imagination with reality, often highlighting the humorous discrepancies between the protagonist’s grand aspirations and his actual experiences. The opening of "Tartarin sur les Alpes" introduces us to Tartarin as he arrives at the Rigi-Kulm, a luxurious hotel perched atop the Alps. The scene is marked by an atmosphere of curiosity and spectacle as tourists gaze out at the swirling snow and mist. Tartarin himself is depicted in an exaggerated manner, appearing initially as a medieval archer before revealing his true nature as an affable but bumbling alpinist. His interactions with other hotel guests set a comically tense backdrop, with the dinner table split between factions as they eye each other's culinary choices, namely rice and prunes. This initial segment really establishes the book's satirical tone, showcasing Tartarin's uncanny ability to both charm and confound those around him, setting the stage for the adventures and misadventures that lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Alps -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature 360673 2025-08-02T13:58:38.659327 text/html 360494 2025-01-09T18:03:05.940655 text/html 212090 2025-08-02T13:58:45.742330 application/epub+zip 217407 2025-08-02T13:58:41.443322 application/epub+zip 208060 2025-08-02T13:58:40.342315 application/epub+zip 398321 2025-08-02T13:58:49.074276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377729 2025-08-02T13:58:45.055313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337112 2022-09-03T05:52:40.271074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326756 2025-08-02T13:58:38.234341 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 314085 2020-12-28T14:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17745 2025-08-02T13:58:49.205253 application/rdf+xml 14515 2025-08-02T13:58:40.835294 image/jpeg 4095 2025-08-02T13:58:40.586291 image/jpeg 128729 2020-12-28T14:40:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 209906 2025-08-02T13:58:38.689324 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia