Carmen - A Classic Love Novel

Author: (French) Mérimée
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Her story has been adapted into dance, theater, and film for hundreds of years. A spirit of freedom, a bewitching bougainvillea flower, a tempting serpent woman. The story takes place in Spain, with the protagonist Carmen being a beautiful Bohemian girl. She initially worked in a cigarette factory and was arrested for injuring someone in an argument with her companions. Among the soldiers escorting her was Don José, her hometown acquaintance, who freed her. Carmen joined the smuggling activities. After Don José was released from prison, he found Carmen and killed her lover. Carmen refused to be constrained by Don José and loved a life of freedom. Don José, at the point of death, forced her to go to America with him. Carmen refused to surrender to death and finally fell to Don José's blade.