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Carmen
Prosper Mérimée
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On a trip to Spain in 1830, our narrator recounts his encounters with two strange characters: a thief named Don José Navarro and a beautiful Romani woman named Carmen...little does he know that soon, these two will be entangled in a tumultuous love affair that spells out tragedy for both parties.
On a trip to Spain in 1830, our narrator recounts his encounters with two strange characters: a thief named Don José Navarro and a beautiful Romani woman named Carmen...little does he know that soon, these two will be entangled in a tumultuous love affair that spells out tragedy for both parties.
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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. . . Read More
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What I find most fascinating about the story is the author. Mérimée was clearly interested in the basic desires of man, but masks his work under a scholastic, moralizing tone. Despite all of that, we are still enthralled by the passion Carmen and Don Jose show, by their complex psychological profile
- Hi, mind if I join you? The name's Taggart. Dagny Taggart.
- La Carmencita. Ou tout simplement Carmen.
- Great to meet you, Carmen! So I work in transport technology, and you do, let me see if I can guess, import/export, tax loopholes, am I close?
- Quelque chose comme ça.
- I won't pry. But look, tha
Aunque mi gusto personal no es el más próximo al estilo ilustrador de Benjamin Lacombe, creo que en esta cuidada edición ha logrado de forma satisfactoria llevar el 'mito' de Carmen a su terreno, imbuyendo a toda la narración de un aire Infantil y siniestro con el que enriquece el ramillete de 'advo
توضیح: امتیاز به متن داستان اثر پروسپه مریمه داده شده است اما آنچه در ادامه می آید تاملاتی در ارتباط بین متن اثر و اپرای کارمن اثر بیزه است
به نظرم اگر متن اصلی داستان را در روایت شاعرانه بیزه در اپرای کارمن ادامه دهیم، ویژگی آفرینندگی هنر خودش را نمایان می کند. یعنی داستانی که به سادگی تمام و بدون ف
انسان غالبا بی اختیار بد عمل می شود : دل به دختری خوشگل می دهد ، برای خاطر او با هر کس دعوا می کند ، به مخمصه می افتد ، باید در کوه ها متواری شود و از قاچاقچیگری خواه و ناخواه کارش به راهزنی بکشد ...
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Realmente me sorprendió mucho esta obra. En verdad es corta y se puede leer en un día. Cuenta la historia de Carmen, gitana, uno de los primeros ejemplos de femme fatale en la historia. Más que la historia de Carmen y de sus encantos, o de su supuesta habilidad diabólica e inteligente, me gustó much