by Prosper Mérimée · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9781478248705
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«La Vénus d'Ille» is the fantastic tale by Prosper Mérimée, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in paperback (40 pages).
«La Vénus d'Ille» opens with the discovery of an ancient statue of Venus. The find unleashes a series of events mixing love, jealousy and death; the realistic tone gradually takes on supernatural unease until a disturbing denouement.
A 19th-century work; this French-language edition, published in 2012, belongs to classic fiction.
For readers of French classics and 19th-century fantastic tales, in the 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.
