Carmen

Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book Carmen by Prosper Merimee, Melville House
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Prosper Merimee ISBN: 9781612192277
Publisher: Melville House Publication: August 13, 2013
Imprint: Melville House Language: English
Author: Prosper Merimee
ISBN: 9781612192277
Publisher: Melville House
Publication: August 13, 2013
Imprint: Melville House
Language: English

The novella that was the basis for perhaps the most popular opera of all time, Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen is the swashbuckling story of a nineteenth-century Spanish soldier who deserts his post to pursue the fiery gypsy beauty, Carmen—who is as brave as she is fickle.

The opera’s plot, it turns out, is based only on part of the larger adventure that is Carmen. The story opens, for example, with the narrator, a historian like Mérimée, researching the lost site of an ancient Roman battle on the plains of Andalusia, when he meets a notorious bandit, Don José Navarro, on the run from the law. Feeling a certain sympathy for Don José, whose face is “at once noble and fierce,” and a vicarious thrill at this brush with danger, he helps the bandit to escape.

When they next meet again, Don José is in jail in Cordova, due to be hanged for his crimes. In his last days, he tells the narrator about a wild gypsy woman he met back in Seville . . .

What follows is an iconic and highly entertaining tale of doomed passion full of chases, sword fights, bullfights, smuggling, wild dancing, and more—except no mezzo-sopranos.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The novella that was the basis for perhaps the most popular opera of all time, Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen is the swashbuckling story of a nineteenth-century Spanish soldier who deserts his post to pursue the fiery gypsy beauty, Carmen—who is as brave as she is fickle.

The opera’s plot, it turns out, is based only on part of the larger adventure that is Carmen. The story opens, for example, with the narrator, a historian like Mérimée, researching the lost site of an ancient Roman battle on the plains of Andalusia, when he meets a notorious bandit, Don José Navarro, on the run from the law. Feeling a certain sympathy for Don José, whose face is “at once noble and fierce,” and a vicarious thrill at this brush with danger, he helps the bandit to escape.

When they next meet again, Don José is in jail in Cordova, due to be hanged for his crimes. In his last days, he tells the narrator about a wild gypsy woman he met back in Seville . . .

What follows is an iconic and highly entertaining tale of doomed passion full of chases, sword fights, bullfights, smuggling, wild dancing, and more—except no mezzo-sopranos.

More books from Melville House

Cover of the book First Love by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Cotton Tenants by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Every Man Dies Alone by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Death by Video Game by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book College of One by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book My Autobiography by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Dead Man Upright by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Ambiguous Adventure by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book The Stop by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Come, Sweet Death by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book The Buenos Aires Quintet by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book The Right Way to Do Wrong by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Spurious by Prosper Merimee
Cover of the book Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview by Prosper Merimee
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy