by Prosper Mérimée, Chantal Grenot · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011670960
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«Colomba» is the novel by Prosper Mérimée and Chantal Grenot, published by Hachette in paperback (255 pages, in French).
Set in Corsica, the novel follows Colomba, a young woman determined to avenge her father's death. Through her story, Mérimée portrays the vendetta, the code of honour and the customs of nineteenth-century Corsican society.
This edition, published in 1996, belongs to the Classiques Hachette collection and includes the complete text of the work.
Aimed at students working on school readings and readers who want to approach a French classic in its original language.
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.
