DAUDET, ALPHONSE

born May 13, 1840, Nmes, France died Dec. 16, 1897, Paris? French short-story writer and novelist, now remembered chiefly as the author of sentimental tales of provincial life in the south of France. Additional reading Biographical and critical works include R.H. Sherard, Alphonse Daudet: A Biographical and Critical Study (1894); G. Vera Dobie, Alphonse Daudet (1949); Lon Daudet, Alphonse Daudet (1898); M. Sachs, The Career of Alphonse Daudet: A Critical Study (1965); G.R. Saylor, Alphonse Daudet as a Dramatist (1940); and Alphonse V. Roche, Alphonse Daudet (1976).