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Zhemchuzhiny tvorchestva Prospera Merime. Novelly, povesti i rasskazy, predstavlyayuschie talant etogo velikogo pisatelya vo vsej mnogogrannosti...Ironichnye ''Etrusskaya vaza'' i ''Golubaya komnata''...Umnye psikhologicheskie zarisovki vremen i nravov ''Abbat Oben'' i ''Arsena Gijo''...I konechno, legendarnye ''Kolomba'' i ''Karmen''!
347 pages, Paperback
First published February 14, 1830
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Prosper Mérimée
1,260 books170 followersProsper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.
Mérimée loved mysticism, history, and the unusual, and may have been influenced by Charles Nodier (though he did not appreciate his works), the historical fiction popularised by Sir Walter Scott and the cruelty and psychological drama of Aleksandr Pushkin. Many of his stories are mysteries set in foreign places, Spain and Russia being popular sources of inspiration.
In 1834, Mérimée was appointed to the post of inspector-general of historical monuments. He was a born archaeologist, combining linguistic faculty of a very unusual kind with accurate scholarship, with remarkable historical appreciation, and with a sincere love for the arts of design and construction, in the former of which he had some practical skill. In his official capacity he published numerous reports, some of which, with other similar pieces, have been republished in his works.
He was also responsible for several translations of Pushkin and Gogol, when they weren't known in Europe yet.
Mérimée loved mysticism, history, and the unusual, and may have been influenced by Charles Nodier (though he did not appreciate his works), the historical fiction popularised by Sir Walter Scott and the cruelty and psychological drama of Aleksandr Pushkin. Many of his stories are mysteries set in foreign places, Spain and Russia being popular sources of inspiration.
In 1834, Mérimée was appointed to the post of inspector-general of historical monuments. He was a born archaeologist, combining linguistic faculty of a very unusual kind with accurate scholarship, with remarkable historical appreciation, and with a sincere love for the arts of design and construction, in the former of which he had some practical skill. In his official capacity he published numerous reports, some of which, with other similar pieces, have been republished in his works.
He was also responsible for several translations of Pushkin and Gogol, when they weren't known in Europe yet.
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February 16, 2024
Read for uni. Young men are stupid.
June 8, 2022
Hors de l'ordinaire et très vieux. Bonne histoire, aussi.
August 6, 2024
Ça m’a vraiment fait pensé à « pour une nuit d’amour » de Zola. Les hommes sont vraiment…
May 1, 2025
"Allorché una passione ci travolge, proviamo una certa consolazione di amor proprio nel contemplare la nostra debolezza dal fastigio del nostro orgoglio."
December 18, 2022
La Vase étrusque is a story about jealousy (and a duel.)
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