Carmen and the venus of Ille / Prosper Meŕimée ; translated by Andrew Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.

Contributor:

Brown, Andrew, 1950 June 26-

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.

Carmen (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Carmen (Fictitious character).

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870--Translations into English.

Mérimée, Prosper.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xviii, 93 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Venus of Ille

Place of Publication:

London : Hesperus Press, 2004.

Summary:

When Don Jose meets a gypsy woman, he has no idea that his chance encounter with the "pretty witch" will have disastrous consequences. With her magic and her malevolent spirit, Carmen exerts a powerful charm on the unsuspecting Don Jose, who is drawn into a seedy underworld of bandits and smugglers--exploited and humiliated, until he is driven to the ultimate revenge. In "Carmen, Prosper Merimee introduced a literary archetype: the "femme fatale, who uses her sexuality and mystery to ensnare and ultimately destroy the weak, unsuspecting man. It appears here with "The Venus of Ille, a brilliant tale of the supernatural. Prosper Merimee (1803-70) is a noted French novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

Notes:

"Hesperus classics."

"Carmen first published in French in 1847; The Venus of Ille first published in French as La Venus d'Ille in 1837." --T.p. verso.

Contains:

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Vénus d'Ille.

ISBN:

1843910969

OCLC:

56097299