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Maupassant was a very different writer from Daudet. although he died at the age of 45, the most exacting critics have recognized in him qualities of sobriety, strength and clearness which form the genuine French splrit, and which are the characteristics of classical works. But in addition to this, one finds in Maupassant a particular disposition to conceive life which is not only French, but also Gallic. For this reason Maupassant is is not generally appreciated as much out of France, as where the Gallic race is predominant...
...Roux delivered the third lecture of his series in Sanders Theatre yesterday afternoon on "Daudet, comme Peintre de la France provinciale du Midi...
...Roux began by giving an account of his personal relations with Alphonse Daudet. He told of the encouragement he received from Daudet and of how he wrote some of his earlier essays in collaboration with...
...Daudet's first success, "Risler aine," shows the influence of Flaubert. In the "Nabab" and in "Les Rois en exil," not the customs of France, but the life of a cosmopolitan public is depicted. It is in "Numa Roumestan," in the "Tartarius," and especially in his marvelous short stories that we get a picture of life and manners in Southern France...
Cercle Francais Lectures. III. Daudet, comme peintre de la France provinciale du Midi M. Hugues Le Roux Sanders Theatre...