In the Land of Pain By Alphonse Daudet Edited and translated by Julian Barnes (Alfred A. Knopf, 87 pp, $13) The language requirement in American high schools has always been something of a curricular ...

In 1883 Turgenev had an operation in Paris for the removal of a neuroma in the lower abdomen. The doctors gave him ether rather than chloroform, and so he was conscious throughout the intervention.

THE French have about many matters a way of feeling that is not ours, and M. Ernest Daudet’s little volume 1 illustrates some of these differences. He is the brother of the brilliant author of the ...

Though Daudet wrote most of the pieces on the train from Paris, his quiet Provençal tales provide a vivid evocation of place I don't do summer holidays. I was born poor, so holidays were rare ...

I have only had the pleasure to come across Joe Pulè recently, through our common interest in translation and a number of online pages that writers in Maltese use to share questions and suggestions. I ...

French novelist Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), who suffered from tertiary syphilis and wrote of his pain in "La Doulou." Colorized engraving, c. 1892. Source: Bridgeman Images, used with permission ...

It’s sometimes hard to tolerate the quirks and bad behavior of those we deal with every day. Yet, tolerate we must, and the payback is always rewarding if we do. In his short story, “The Pope’s Mule“ ...

Benita Eisler, in her otherwise generous review of my edition of Alphonse Daudet’s “In the Land of Pain” (Feb. 9), finds much to condemn in Daudet’s sexual behavior, and chides me for not doing the ...

Breaking news to your phone. US mobile only. No password required. Broadway + NYC Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off Broadway Cabaret Dance Opera Classical Music West End / UK Alphonse Daudet has written 1 ...

Alphonse Daudet is an artist. How much does an Alphonse Daudet cost? The artist's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 489 USD, depending on the ...