“Once upon an evening, you are to imagine that,
out in the depths of the Sahara” —
Obituary of Alphonse Daudet.
17th December 1897 death of A French
novelist. Alphonse daudet.
M. Alphonse Daudet, the eminent French novelist and
playwright, died suddenly yesterday evening while
at dinner The cause of death was syncope due to failure
of the heart.
Alphonse Daudet was born of poor parents at Nimes
in 1840. He studied in the Lyons Lyceum, and
then became usher in a school at Alais. Going
to Paris to seek his fortune in literature in 1858,
he succeeded in publishing a book of verses entitled
Les Amoreuses, which led to his employment by several
newspapers. He published many novels and tales,
and about half a dozen plays. His most popular
work is “Les Morticoles.” His son,
Leon Daudet, is a litterateur of promise.
