Carmen

Prosper Mérimée

ISBN 10: 1847498973 / ISBN 13: 9781847498977

Edité par Alma Books Ltd, GB, 2023

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When the Basque dragoon Don José meets a Gypsy woman at the factory he is guarding, he is immediately ensnared by her wiles. After she is arrested for injuring a co-worker and he helps her to flee, he is imprisoned and demoted, but she repays him at their next meeting with a day of excess and a night of love. As Carmen continues to exert her spell, José is dragged further and further into a seedy world of smugglers, robbers, fiery passions and uncontrollable jealousy - one that he will find difficult to escape alive.Carmen, the archetype of the amoral femme fatale, is Prosper Mérimée's highest creation, and a model for many subsequent literary heroines. First published in 1846, this story of crime and desire - here accompanied by another famous novella by Mérimée, The Venus of Ille - has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous 1875 opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Carmen
• Éditeur: Alma Books Ltd, GB
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1847498973
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781847498977
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Dimensions: 12,9 L x 2,54 H x 19,79 P (centimètres) 12,9 centimètres de largeur par 2,54 centimètres de hauteur par 19,79 centimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 140 grammes

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Synopsis

When the Basque dragoon Don José meets a Gypsy woman at the factory he is guarding, he is immediately ensnared by her wiles. After she is arrested for injuring a co-worker and he helps her to flee, he is imprisoned and demoted, but she repays him at their next meeting with a day of excess and a night of love. As Carmen continues to exert her spell, José is dragged further and further into a seedy world of smugglers, robbers, fiery passions and uncontrollable jealousy – one that he will find difficult to escape alive.

Carmen, the archetype of the amoral femme fatale, is Prosper Mérimée’s highest creation, and a model for many subsequent literary heroines. First published in 1846, this story of crime and desire has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous 1875 opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.

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À propos de l?auteur

Well-versed in European languages and an archaeologist by profession, Prosper Mérimée (1803–70) wrote stories and novellas which displayed his concern for historical accuracy and his fascination for foreign places.