by Prosper Mérimée, Dominique Prest · Nathan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782091872094
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«La Vénus d'Ille» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée and Dominique Prest, published by Nathan in paperback (119 pages, in French).
In Ille, the Peyrehorade family is putting the finishing touches on the wedding of their son Alphonse to a young heiress. The father, passionate about antiquities, has unearthed a bronze statue of Venus in his fields. Since then, the celebration has been surrounded by strange events, and the sculpture seems to play a role in the tragic outcome.
Published in 2006 in Nathan's Carrés Classiques collection, it is a school edition with the complete text in French.
Intended for secondary school students studying French literature, and for anyone who wants to read a classic of the 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.
