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Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth-century French author who wrote extensively about life in southern France. He is best known for the short story collection Les lettres de mon moulin and the semi-autobiographical novel
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Daniel Eyssette is a young man trying to survive after his family's business collapses and they lose everything. He takes a grueling job at a remote boarding school where he faces cruel treatment from students and staff alike. Eventually, he heads to Paris with dreams of becoming a poet, only to find that the city offers its own set of harsh lessons.