by Prosper Mérimée · Larousse Editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038716504
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«La Vénus d'Ille» is Prosper Mérimée's fantastic short story, published by Larousse in paperback (127 pages, in French).
An archaeologist arrives in the small town of Ille to attend a wedding and there encounters a statue of Venus of astonishing beauty, unearthed shortly before. From then on, the figure seems to trigger strange events that sow unease among the inhabitants. Mérimée sketches picturesque characters and creates a fantastic atmosphere that keeps the reader between the supernatural and the rational.
It belongs to the Petits Classiques Larousse collection and reproduces the complete text of the work, with materials designed for school study.
Recommended for secondary school students approaching the nineteenth-century fantastic tale in French.
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.
