Tartarin of Tarascon
Author: first_name: Alphonse
last_name: Daudet
Language: English
Year: 1872

The story tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions. <br> (Summary by Wikipedia, modified by Nadine)