Prosper Merimee: 13 books

This beautifully edited e-book contains two short novels. "The Pretty Sister of José" is a sweetly passionate story of love spurned and requited, complete with flamenco singers and bullfighters, all lovingly described by the pen of the incomparable Frances Hodgson Burnett. This story includes the charming...

Contents A Piece of Bread By Francois Coppee The Elixir of Life By Honore De Balzac The Age For Love By Paul Bourget Mateo Falcone By Prosper Merimee The Mirror By Catulle Mendes My Nephew Joseph By Ludovic Halevy A Forest Betrothal By Erckmann-chatrian Zadig the Babylonian By Francois Marie...

EXTRAIT: MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE, Malgré l’intervalle de temps assez considérable qui s’est écoulé depuis que la Commission a eu l’honneur de vous présenter un aperçu général de ses travaux, elle ne peut vous signaler aujourd’hui...

EXTRAIT: Dans les premiers jours du mois d’octobre 181., le colonel sir Thomas Nevil, Irlandais, officier distingué de l’armée anglaise, descendit avec sa fille à l’hôtel Beauveau, à Marseille, au retour d’un voyage en Italie. L’admiration continue...

The novella that was the basis for perhaps the most popular opera of all time, Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen is the swashbuckling story of a nineteenth-century Spanish soldier who deserts his post to pursue the fiery gypsy beauty, Carmen—who is as brave as she is fickle. The opera’s plot,...

Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He was a first cousin of the physicist Augustin Fresnel

According to Wikipedia: "Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen."

According to Wikipedia: "Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen."

Le XIXe siècle, âge d’or de la nouvelle s’il en est, marque l’avènement de la presse écrite. Les journaux connaissent un succès croissant et attirent les plus grands auteurs qui y publient leurs nouvelles en marge de l'actualité. Les rubriques « faits divers » suscitent aussi...

En 1857, Mérimée écrit à une amie : " Avez-vous lu La Vénus d'Ille, une histoire de revenants que j'ai faite ? C'est, selon moi, mon chef-d'œuvre. " Cette Vénus de bronze d'une beauté foudroyante aux yeux incrustés d'argent, il l'invente avec des légendes médiévales et des souvenirs...

Trapped in an unhappy marriage with a boorish, inattentive, and socially ambitious husband, Julie de Chaverny enjoys a flirtatious dalliance with the elegant Major de Chateaufort. However, the sudden reappearance of an old admirer who has returned from Turkey--along with a tale of breathtaking derring-do...

Boulevardier parisien et haut fonctionnaire familier des salons, Mérimée aimait les femmes et était aimé d'elles. Mais jamais il n'aurait osé vivre une passion pour un personnage d'une liberté sauvage comme Carmen, femme fatale et tragique qui conduira son amant au meurtre et au néant. Don...