In 1866, Daudet's Lettres de mon moulin (Letters from My Windmill), written in Clamart, near Paris, and alluding to a windmill in Fontvieille, Provence, won the attention of many readers. The first of his longer books, Le Petit Chose (1868), did not, however, produce popular sensation. It is, in the main, the story of his own earlier years told with much grace and pathos. The year 1872 brought the famous Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon, and the three-act play L'Arlésienne. But Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1874) at once took the world by storm. It struck a note, not new certainly in English literature, but comparatively new in French. His creativeness resulted in characters that were real and also typical.
in 1866 daudet's lettres de mon moulin (letters from my windmill) written in clamart near paris and alluding to a windmill in fontvieille provence won the attention of many readers the first of his longer books le petit chose (1868) did not however produce popular sensation it is in the main the story of his own earlier years told with much grace and pathos the year 1872 brought the famous aventures prodigieuses de tartarin de tarascon and the three-act play l'arlésienne but fromont jeune et risler aîné (1874) at once took the world by storm it struck a note not new certainly in english literature but comparatively new in french his creativeness resulted in characters that were real and also typical