Prosper Mérimée

Prosper Merimee

Five of the stories selected here demonstrate Prosper Merimee's ability to explore the contrast between primitive and civilized values. In Mateo Falcone a Corsican's conception of honour forces him to exact a ruthless revenge; The Storming of the Redoubt describes an incident in Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign; Tamango depicts a revolt of Negro slaves; The Etruscan Vase is a tale of passionate jealousy set in Paris; The Game of Backgammon is a study in fatal remorse.

Carmen and Other Stories

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The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and León

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The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon

August Nemo

Stephen Crane

Rudyard Kipling

Honoré de Balzac

Hans Christian Andersen

Thomas Bulfinch

Aleksander Pushkin

Aries are an explosion of energy and enthusiasm. With their courage and optimism they make loyal friends wherever they go. But it is good to remember not to irritate them, because they are known for their short temper. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to illustrate the different aspects of the Aries personality. For a more complete experience, be sure to also read the anthologies of your rising sign and moon! This book contains: - The Golden Fleece. - A Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crane. - The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling. - How The Redoubt Was Taken by Prosper Mérimée. - The Shot by Aleksandr Pushkin. - The Brave Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen. - The Atheist's Mass by Honoré de Balzac.

7 short stories that Aries will love

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The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon;

Charles Rabou

Ghosts, Devils, Vampires, Vengeful Deities, and the Terror of the Void Boundaries crossed. taboos broken. Old crimes echoing through the years. Enticing new sins shimmering just beyond reach. And always, a price to be paid. New translations of eight classic French tales of horror by Prosper Mérimée, Charles Rabou, Auguste Villiers de L'Isle Adam, Guy de Maupassant, Erckmann-Chatrian, Charles Nodier, Théophile Gautier, and Jean Lorrain.

The Little Book of Horrors

I have been told that one day a party of good-for-nothing fellows banded themselves together, and bribed the bell-ringer at the cathedral to ring the Angelus some twenty minutes before the proper hour. Though it was still broad daylight, the nymphs of the Guadalquivir never hesitated, and putting far more trust in the Angelus bell than in the sun, they proceeded to their bathing toilette-always of the simplest-with an easy conscience. I was not present on that occasion. In my day, the bell-ringer was incorruptible, the twilight was very dim, and nobody but a cat could have distinguished the difference between the oldest orange woman, and the prettiest shop-girl, in Cordova. One evening, after it had grown quite dusk, I was leaning over the parapet of the quay, smoking, when a woman came up the steps leading from the river, and sat down near me. In her hair she wore a great bunch of jasmine-a flower which, at night, exhales a most intoxicating perfume. She was dressed simply, almost poorly, in black, as most work-girls are dressed in the evening. Women of the richer class only wear black in the daytime, at night they dress a la francesa. When she drew near me, the woman let the mantilla which had covered her head drop on her shoulders, and "by the dim light falling from the stars" I perceived her to be young, short in stature, well-proportioned, and with very large eyes. I threw my cigar away at once. She appreciated this mark of courtesy, essentially French, and hastened to inform me that she was very fond of the smell of tobacco, and that she even smoked herself, when she could get very mild papelitos. - Taken from "Carmen" written by Prosper Merimee

Carmen

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Mateo Falcone: The Double Mistake, and Other Stories

The Mosaic

The Mosaic, Comprising Mateo Falcone, And Other Tales. Tr. By Emily M. Waller And Mary H. Dey

The Writings Of Prosper Mérimée

The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon; Volume 1

When the young and sensitive Auguste Saint-Clair notices an Etruscan vase on the mantelpiece of his beloved Mathilde, he becomes gradually consumed by jealousy at the thought that it could be the gift of another man, and the situation escalates dramatically as he demands proof from her that she loves only him.

Etruscan Vase and Other Stories

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The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon, Volume I - Scholar's Choice Edition

Excerpt from The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon, Vol. 2 of 2: With Additional Notes IT is difiicult to explain why the Castilian army, which was still assembled upon the Aragonese frontier, should have remained in'active, not even making any show of seconding the operations of the ﬂeet. The Castilians did not open their campaign until the be ginning Of autumn, and then only to repel an in vasion. The Conde de Trastamara and Don Tello, with about 800 men-at-arms, having entered Castile by way of Agreda, were met by Don Fernando de Castro and Juan de Hinestrosa at the head of an army twice their number. A battle took place in the valley of Araviana, * at the foot of the mountains of Toranzo and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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"When Don José meets a gypsy woman down by the river, he is intrigued by her exoticism, but he has no idea that his chance encounter with 'the pretty witch' will have disastrous consequences. With her magic and her malevolent spirit, Carmen exerts a powerful charm on the submissive and unsuspecting José, who is drawn into a seedy underworld of bandits and smugglers, exploited and humiliated, until he is driven to the ultimate revenge. In 'Carmen', [the author] introduced the figure of the femme fatale, a woman who uses her sexuality skilfully to her advantage, and to the detriment of the weak and unsuspecting man who is unfortunate enough to cross her path. A passionate and seductive story about the ominous undertones that lurk beneath the facade of civilisation, 'Carmen' appears here with 'The Venus of Ille', an accomplished tale of the supernatural"--Front cover flap.

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