by Prosper Mérimée, Nicolas Gerrier · SGEL TEXTO (PRECIO FIJO) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782014016215
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«La Vénus d'Ille, Carmen, Colomba» is a volume of three novellas by Prosper Mérimée and Nicolas Gerrier, in paperback (128 pages, in French).
Three classics of nineteenth-century French literature: a statue of Venus that sows mystery, the story of don José swept away by his passion for Carmen, and the young Corsican Colomba, determined to avenge her father. Passion, death and revenge narrated with Mérimée's sober, precise prose.
2018 edition from the LFF Classique collection, level B1, with MP3 audio CD containing the complete recording of the text. Includes comprehension activities and integrated answers.
Recommended for B1-level French students and for readers who want to approach French classics in an adapted edition.
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.
