Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Mis à jour: 27 juin 2025
90 2 marseillais: 'dialect of Marseilles. Not only did she know French, but even Tartarin's own dialect. The Provençal language comprises many dialects; that of Tarascon does not differ greatly from that of Marseilles. 90 3 Quand je vous disais: 'what did I tell you about ...? 90 9 s'est ... sac: 'let himself be caught red-handed'; cf. note to 7 25.
70 5 brancards: a stage-coach has no shafts. Brancards is used also for the two pieces of wood which connect the fore and after carriages of a vehicle, transl. 'body. Daudet may mean simply 'pole. 70 6 tenez! lit. 'hold! An exclamation whose force varies greatly; transl. here 'just see that! 70 8 gouvernement: 'seat of government', cf. note to 42 1. 70 9 plus rien: cf. note to 13 1.
William of Orange mounted his horse, and, followed by his officer, rode off at full speed toward his camp, in order to be with his troops when the news should arrive of the death of the de Witts. The murder of these men had greatly strengthened his position as Stadtholder.
The novel is a souvenir of the author's sojourn in the home of the real Tartarin and of the trip which the two made together , the whole being greatly modified by the play of the novelist's Provençal imagination. To appreciate "Tartarin de Tarascon" is not easy for a foreigner; and by foreigners is meant all those who have not lived in and do not know Provence.
Mot du Jour
D'autres à la Recherche