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Text. Carmen at Wikisource. Carmen is a novella by Prosper Mérimée, written and first published in 1845. It has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.
- 1845 (periodical), 1846 (book)
- Novella
- Prosper Mérimée
- Revue des deux Mondes (periodical, first three parts), Michel Lévy (book, full version)
Mar 28, 2006 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Carmen Author: Prosper Merimee Translator: Lady Mary Loyd Release Date: March 28, 2006 [EBook #2465] Last Updated: October 25, 2016 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START ...
She entered the passage and knocked at a door on the ground floor. A gypsy woman, a veritable handmaid of Satan, opened the door. Carmen said a few words to her in rommani. The old woman grumbled at first, and Carmen, to pacify her, gave her two oranges and a handful of bonbons, and allowed her to taste the wine.
Carmen, novella about Spanish Gypsy life by French author Prosper Mérimée, first published serially in 1845. Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen is based on the story. As a hot-blooded young corporal in the Spanish cavalry stationed near Seville, Don José is ordered to arrest Carmen, a young, flirtatious.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 28, 2006 · Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870: Translator: Loyd, Mary, Lady, 1853-1936: Title: Carmen Credits: Produced by Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Spain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Subject
- Prosper Mérimée
- 1845
Complete summary of Prosper Merimee's Carmen. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Carmen.
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.
