Excerpt from Contes De Daudet (Including La Belle Nivernaise): Edited, With Introduction, Notes and IndicesIt is because Daudet means so much in himself, and in his adaptability to the needs Of modern-lan guage education, that it is good to read an author, so prolific in story, so perfect in style, so picturesque in statement and setting, and illustrating, as was said, the best literary and humanistic traits of France and Frenchmen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.