by Prosper Mérimée · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010213519
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«La Vénus d’Ille» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, published by Hachette in paperback (126 pages, in French).
In the town of Ille, in southern France, the discovery of a bronze statue of Venus unleashes a climate of unease among the locals. The fascination the piece arouses intersects with the wedding of a young man from the village, and soon the supernatural blends with superstition and human passions.
French edition from the Classiques Hachette collection, published in 1994, offering the complete text of the novel along with notes and supplementary documents.
School focus: intended for secondary school students studying French literature and for readers who want to approach a nineteenth-century classic.
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.
