by Prosper Mérimée, Alfred de Musset, Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Guy de Maupassant, Monique Busdongo, Collectif · NATHAN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782091885315
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«4 Nouvelles réalistes sur l'argent» brings together four realist short stories from the 19th century by Mérimée, Musset, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and Maupassant (Nathan, paperback).
It collects «La Partie de trictrac» by Mérimée, «Mimi Pinson» by Musset, «Virginie et Paul» by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and «La Dot» by Maupassant. In these stories, money shapes the characters' decisions, affections and morals, reflecting a 19th-century society in full transformation.
Volume 27 of the Carrés Classiques collection; French edition of 156 pages, published in 2013 as reading for the French school curriculum.
Aimed at secondary school students studying realist literature in French and at readers interested in 19th-century French classics.
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.
