by Prosper Mérimée · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782080700322
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«Colomba» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, published by Flammarion in paperback (224 pages, in French).
Set in rural Corsica, it follows Colomba della Rebbia, a young woman determined to avenge her father's death. The novel pits honour, revenge and justice against the French perspective of the era, and shows Corsican traditions and the weight of the vendetta in a community where reconciliation seems difficult.
It belongs to Flammarion's GF collection (no. 32). The novel was originally published in 1840.
Suitable for those studying French or reading classics in the original version, as well as for those interested in nineteenth-century French literature.
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.
