by Prosper Mérimée · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782080720023
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«La Vénus d'Ille et autres nouvelles» is a collection of stories by Prosper Mérimée, published by Flammarion in paperback (128 pages, in French).
A young antiquarian from Paris visits the ruins of Ille and is intrigued by a statue of Venus found on the estate of M. de Peyrehorade: its beauty seems to turn ironic or cruel, as if the figure had a life of its own. The volume brings together other tales by Mérimée where the fantastic erupts into reality.
1997 edition in the Étonnants Classiques collection from GF Flammarion, with introduction and pedagogical dossier.
Aimed at French secondary school students (classe de quatrième), to explore fiction as a tool for questioning reality.
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.
