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OCR: te Tarascon, Alphonse Daudet This carica ture f a wealthy Frenchman from Midi appears ir three stories Daudet Tartarin de Tarascon is a boastful man who attempts to defend his reputation as8 hunter af North African big garme In the first story Tartarin' misadven- tures ir the African desert are despoiled by intrusions of moderr civiliza tion the of local princes, and the ubiquity of self-deceit Although the witless hunter fails ta encounter the Africa of his dreams he is received back ir Pravence with acclaim; in his absence the townspeople f Tarascon have made him into local hero The endingof this first installment lays the foundation for the next tale in which Tartarin graduates from treks ir the local Alpine foothills to perilous mountain expeditions ir Switzerland In the final installm ...