Abstract: From the autobiographical novel Le Petit Chose to his final tale, Soutien de famille, Daudet always focused on the observation of Parisian manners of his time. This article recalls the way descriptive sequences function in the work of Daudet. Between the painting of modern life and the artistic novel, Daudet’s novels offers a fragmented representation of the subjectivised everyday. The article then reflects on the evolution of the novelist’s descriptive practices.
