Carmen (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Merimee, Prosper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843910969 ISBN 13: 9781843910961

Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2004

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Carmen&;the inspiration for one of the world&;s most popular operas&;is a story about the dark forces that lurk beneath the façade of civilization, where passions are brutal and erotic love is seductive and sinister. When Don José meets a gypsy woman, he has no idea that his chance encounter with the &;pretty witch&; will have disastrous consequences. With her magic and her malevolent spirit, Carmen exerts a powerful charm on the unsuspecting Don José, who is drawn into a seedy underworld of bandits and smugglers&;exploited and humiliated, until he is driven to the ultimate revenge. In Carmen, Prosper Mérimée introduced a literary archetype: the femme fatale, who uses her sexuality and mystery to ensnare and ultimately destroy the weak, unsuspecting man. It appears here with The Venus of Ille, a brilliant tale of the supernatural. Prosper Mérimée is a noted French novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

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Prosper Merimee (1803-70) wrote novels, plays and short-stories, the most well-known of which, Carmen (1845) was the inspiration for Bizet's famous opera. Philip Pullman is the author of the celebrated His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, which was the first children's book to win the Whitbread Book Award.

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• Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1843910969
• ISBN 13: 9781843910961
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 93
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