Carmen - (Illustrated Edition of World Literature Classics)

Author: Mérimée
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Mérimée has earned a place among the greats with only over ten short stories such as Carmen, Hérodiade, and Vénus d'Ille. He must have had something unique to achieve this. Taking Carmen alone, it became a classic upon its publication in 1847. Later, with Bizet's opera Carmen, it became a classic within Western opera, enduring and performed endlessly, achieving success alongside the novel. The novel in this book is named after its female protagonist. The story is not set in the author's own country, France, but in Spain, a country renowned for its passion and exuberance. Against this backdrop, the extraordinary love story between the female protagonist and the Spanish nobleman Don José begins.