When the Basque dragoon Don José meets a Gypsy woman at the factory he is guarding,he is immediately ensnared by her wiles. After she is arrested for injuring a co-worker and he helps her to flee,he is imprisoned and demoted,but she repays him at their next meeting with a day of excess and a night of love. As Carmen continues to exert her spell,José is dragged further and further into a seedy world of smugglers,robbers,fiery passions and uncontrollable jealousy - one that he will find difficult to escape alive.Carmen,the archetype of the amoral femme fatale,is Prosper Mérimée's highest creation,and a model for many subsequent literary heroines. First published in 1846,this story of crime and desire - here accompanied by another famous novella by Mérimée,The Venus of Ille - has been adapted into a number of dramatic works,including the famous 1875 opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.
Publisher: Alma Books LtdISBN: 9781847498977Number of pages: 144Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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