by Prosper Mérimée · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010007255
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«Colomba» is the novel adapted from Prosper Mérimée, published by Hachette in paperback (76 pages, in French).
Set in Corsica, it tells the story of Colomba Carabelli, a young woman determined to avenge her father's death. Mérimée portrays the Corsican code of honour and the tension between personal vengeance and justice, in a plot of passions and family loyalties.
Edition adapted by Louis Paoli in the Textes en français facile collection; Mérimée's original work was published in 1840.
For French students looking for classic readings with simplified vocabulary and structures.
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.
