Daudet, Alphonse,  1840-1897 <br/><br/>
Tarasconin Tartarin 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarin_of_Tarascon  Release date is 2023-03-29 
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<br/><br/> "Tarasconin Tartarin" by Alphonse Daudet is a novel written in 1872. In the Provençal town of Tarascon, hunting enthusiasts have eliminated all local game and resort to shooting their own caps for sport. When middle-aged Tartarin rashly expresses interest in hunting lions, the townspeople assume he's planning an expedition to Algeria. To save face, he embarks on a disastrous journey filled with con artists, absurd equipment, and comic misadventures, ultimately returning home penniless but claiming glory after an unexpected encounter with a tame lion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Algeria -- Fiction Lion hunting -- Fiction 
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