Carmen and the venus of Ille

Prosper Mérimée

Original title: Carmen (Hesperus Classics)

Translated by Andrew Brown earliest edition we have, 2004 Hesperus Classics, 2004 paperback 93 pages

"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...

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Andrew Brown 1 printing we hold · 2004 · Hesperus Classics

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