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Blurb: “A master of the novella, Mérimée transports us from the sultry hills of Spain to the windswept coast of Corsica, the storm-lashed decks of slaving vessels and the haunted drawing-rooms of Paris. Here is “Carmen,” the potent tale that inspired an opera and defined a femme fatale; “Colomba,” a gritty vendetta on Corsica; “Mateo Falcone,” honour and betrayal in mountainous terrain; and a collection of haunting stories — “Tamango,” “The Venus of Ille,” “The Etruscan Vase,” among others — each probing the collision of civilization and savagery, of passion and reason. Edited with notes, exercises and vocabulary by Edward Manley, this volume is ideal for both the student of French literature and the explorer of timeless human dramas.”