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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Carmen is the most famous novella of French author Prosper Merimee,
it formed the basis of the composer Bizet's acclaimed opera of the
same name, and is presented here in hardcover. The titular Carmen
is a Romani woman of astounding beauty, attracting many would-be
suitors and romantic partners with both her physical charms and
intense knowledge of fortune telling. The fast-paced and
high-blooded drama combines lustful romance with tragedy, whereby
jealousy and anger combine to form three episodes fitfully
cascading with tension. The final part of the book is a
non-fictional account of the Romani people, with whom Merimee held
a fascination. It was through study of the customs and practices of
the Romani that he wrote this book, which itself became a scholarly
source as well as the inspiration for Bizet's world famous operatic
composition.
Gogol has made brilliantly colored pictures of his Zaporogues,
which please by their very grotesqueness; but sometimes it is too
evident that he has not drawn them from nature. Moreover, these
character-pictures are framed in such a trivial and romantic
setting that one regrets to see them so ill-placed. The most
prosaic story would have suited them better than these melodramatic
scenes in which are accumulated tragic incidents of famine,
torture, etc. In short, one feels that the author is not at ease on
the ground which he has chosen; his gait is awkward, and the
invariable irony of his style makes the perusal of these melancholy
incidents more painful. This style which, in my opinion, is quite
out of place in some parts of "Taras Bulba," is much more
appropriate in the "Viy," or "King of the Gnomes," a tale of
witchcraft, which amuses and alarms at the same time. The grotesque
easily blends with the marvelous. Recognizing to the full the
poetic side of his subject, the author, while describing the savage
and strange customs of the old-time Cossacks with his usual
precision and exactitude, has easily prepared the way for the
introduction of an element of uncanniness. -- From Prosper
Merimee's Preface to this volume.
Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION
CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie
dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de
deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION
CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie
dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de
deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag
tredition aus Hamburg veroffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION
CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu
einem Grossteil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erhaltlich.
Mit TREDITION CLASSICS verfolgt tredition das Ziel, tausende
Klassiker der Weltliteratur verschiedener Sprachen wieder als
gedruckte Bucher zu verlegen - und das weltweit Die Buchreihe dient
zur Bewahrung der Literatur und Forderung der Kultur. Sie tragt so
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Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag
tredition aus Hamburg veroffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION
CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu
einem Grossteil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erhaltlich.
Mit TREDITION CLASSICS verfolgt tredition das Ziel, tausende
Klassiker der Weltliteratur verschiedener Sprachen wieder als
gedruckte Bucher zu verlegen - und das weltweit Die Buchreihe dient
zur Bewahrung der Literatur und Forderung der Kultur. Sie tragt so
dazu bei, dass viele tausend Werke nicht in Vergessenheit geraten
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