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

Title
Carmen and the venus of Ille / Prosper Meŕimée ; translated by Andrew Brown.
Author
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Publication
London : Hesperus Classics, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Andrew, 1950 June 26-
  • Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
Description
xviii, 93 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
"When Don José meets a gypsy woman down by the river, he is intrigued by her exoticism, but 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 submissive and unsuspecting José, who is drawn into a seedy underworld of bandits and smugglers, exploited and humiliated, until he is driven to the ultimate revenge. In 'Carmen', [the author] introduced the figure of the femme fatale, a woman who uses her sexuality skilfully to her advantage, and to the detriment of the weak and unsuspecting man who is unfortunate enough to cross her path. A passionate and seductive story about the ominous undertones that lurk beneath the facade of civilisation, 'Carmen' appears here with 'The Venus of Ille', an accomplished tale of the supernatural"--Front cover flap.
Series Statement
Hesperus classics
Uniform Title
  • Hesperus classics
  • Short stories. Selections. English
Alternative Title
  • Short stories.
  • Venus of Ille
Subject
  • Carmen (Fictitious character) > Fiction
  • Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870 > Translations into English
Genre/Form
  • Fiction
  • Translations
Note
  • "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.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1843910969
OCLC
56097299
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library