Lettres de mon moulin

…recalled in passages of his Lettres de mon moulin (1869; “Letters from My Mill”). His full social life over the years 1863–65 (until Morny’s death) provided him with the material that he analyzed mercilessly in Le Nabab (1877; “The Nabob”). In January 1867 he married Julia Allard, herself a writer…

…museum) that inspired Alphonse Daudet’s Lettres de mon moulin is at nearby Fontvieille. Bauxite, the mineral that is the raw material for the refining of aluminum, was named after Les Baux, near which it was discovered in 1821. However, local deposits are no longer worked. The village, now partly restored…