The Nabob

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The book is THE NABOB by Alphonse Daudet, translated by W. Blaydes. The contents list names, among others, chapters called A LUNCHEON IN THE PLACE VENDOME, A CORSICAN ELECTION and THE JOYEUSE FAMILY. The handsome Mrs. Jenkins says Ah! yes, the Nabob, with a very marked note of respect. The text gives the reply What I promised shall be done, Mrs. Jenkins.

Famished islanders promised each other to meet at the Nabob's table, and the Nabob's house had become an inn, a restaurant, a market-place. A wife is described as convinced that her husband, who has fled and is in hiding, is a little Saint-John of innocence, the victim of his goodness and credulity.

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Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist and storyteller whose comic observation and affection for southern France gave his work a distinctive regional character. Letters from My Windmill gathers tales associated with Provence, mixing village life, folklore, travel, tenderness, and satire in a collection first issued complete in 1869.

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Author: Alphonse Daudet
Pages: 284
Language: English
Genre: Satire
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