by Prosper Mérimée · Larousse Editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035868114
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«Tamango» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, published by Larousse Editions in paperback (96 pages, in French).
Nantes, 1820s: the slave trade is illegal, but Captain Ledoux sets sail on L'Espérance for Africa for the triangular trade. There he negotiates with Tamango, a Senegalese warrior who sells captives to Europeans, in a pact that will change their fates. With fierce irony, Mérimée addresses slavery, betrayal and the struggle for freedom.
The short novel was originally published in 1829 and this edition belongs to the Petits Classiques Larousse collection, with complete text.
School edition for secondary students (Collège level) and for readers of French as a foreign 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.
