by Prosper Mérimée · Educa Books - Cideb · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788853003546
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«Carmen» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, published by Educa Books-Cideb in paperback, with audio CD (96 pages, in French).
A story set in Seville that follows the encounter between Carmen, a gypsy, and Don José, a brigadier who is fascinated by her. Their relationship leads them to smuggling, crime and tragedy. This character inspired the opera by Georges Bizet and a ballet by Roland Petit.
Didactic edition in French from the «Lire et s'entraîner» collection (level B1), published in 2005. Includes audio CD with the complete recording of the text and DELF-type activities.
For students of French as a foreign language, especially at level B1, who want to read a classic with audio support and exercises.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
