Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist. He was born in 1840 at Nimes and died in 1897. He settled in Paris in 1857, and wrote poems, essays, plays, etc, without much success, until he discovered his powers as a novelist, when he speedily became famous. His best works include Fromont jeune et Risler Aine (1874); Jack (1876); Le Nabab (1877); Les Rois en Exil (1879); Numa Roumestan (1881); L'Evangeliste (1882); Sappho (1884); Tartarin sur les Alpes (1886), a sequel to Les Aventures Prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon (1874); Trente Ans a Paris (autobiographical), 1888; Port Tarascon, dernieres Aventures d'lllustre Tartarin (1890); Rose et Ninette (1892). His chief works have been translated into English. Research Alphonse Daudet
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian was a French writer. He was born in 1755 and died in 1794. He was patronized by Voltaire, and gained fame as a writer of fables, pastorals, romances, and comedies. He was imprisoned during the revolution, but the fall of Robespierre saved him from the guillotine. His romances Galatee, Estelle, Gonzalve de Cordoue, Numa Pompilius, his fables, and translation of Don Quixote are his best works. Research Jean de Florian
Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers, youth, and spring. She was especially associated with vines, olives, all kinds of fruit trees and honey-bearing plants. Her temple was situated in the vicinity of the Circus Maximus, and her worship was said to have been introduced by Numa. Games were instituted in her honour around 238 BC but were soon discontinued before being restored in 173 BC. Research Flora
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