Audiobooks by Prosper Merimee

The Foundations of Fiction - French Realism

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. The canon of French authors is both vast and incredibly talented. They have a way of creating characters and describing events to assemble stories with worlds that enthral us.One of the genres they do particularly well is French Realism and here, in this volume, we have many masters of the craft including Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Emile Zola and Honore de Balzac and a long roll-call of others.01 - Foundations of Fiction - French Realism - An Introduction2 - Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant3 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo4 - The Return of Martin Guerre by Alexandre Dumas5 - Suicides by Guy de Maupassant6 - Three Wars by Emile Zola7 - The Grave by Guy de Maupassant8 - The Atheist's Mass by Honore de Balzac9 - The Maison Tellier by Guy de Maupassant10 - The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet11 - The Kiss by Guy de Maupassant12 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee13 - The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant14 - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac15 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant"

Alexandre Dumas, Alphonse Daudet, Emile Zola, Guy De Maupassant, Honore de Balzac, Prosper Merimee, Victor Hugo (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - European Murder

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume the pens of our European authors examine murder. This dark and evil deed is carried out for many reasons. Our authors, including Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, Mikhail Bulgakov, Arthur Conan Doyle and many others are those charged with revealing each and every crime scene. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - European Murder - An Introduction 2 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo 3 - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde 4 - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde 5 - The Murderer by Mikhail Bulgakov 6 - The Force of Blood by Miguel de Cervantes 7 - The Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant 8 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson 9 - The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert 10 - The Lie by Leonid Andreyev 11 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee 12 - The Story of B 24 by Arthur Conan Doyle"

Gustave Flaubert, Guy De Maupassant, Leonid Andreyev, Miguel de Cervantes, Mikhail Bulgakov, Oscar Wilde, Prosper Merimee, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Garrard Green, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - Murder

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume that most heinous of crimes is explored and dissected by the minds of our classic authors who show that the taking of another's life in print is so real that the possibility arises that they have carried out this deed in reality. Genius has many names.01 - The Top 10 - Murder - An Introduction02 - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde03 - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde04 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe05 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo06 - In The Dark by Edith Nesbit07 - Brothers by Sherwood Anderson08 - The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood09 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee10 - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell11 - In A Grove by Ryunosuke Akutagawa12 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 1 by Robert W Chambers13 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 2 by Robert W Chambers"

Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Oscar Wilde, Prosper Merimee, Robert W Chambers, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Sherwood Anderson, Susan Glaspell, Victor Hugo (Author), Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker, Garard Green (Narrator)

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[French] - Carmen et la Vénus d'Ille

"Qui ne connaît Carmen, immortalisée par l'opéra de Bizet? Quoique... Le narrateur rencontre don José, qui lui raconte son aventure de contrebandier avec la belle Gitane. Quant à la Vénus d'Ille, cette statue à l'allure maléfique est à l'origine d'événements mystérieux. Who does not know Carmen, immortalized by Georges Bizet in his most famous opera? Although... The narrator tells his encounter with don Jose, who tells him of his life as a smuggler with the beautiful Gipsy. As for the Venus from Ille, this statue with its malevolent looks is causing mysterious events. (Summary by Nadine)"

Prosper Merimee (Author), Nadine Eckert-Boulet (Narrator)

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[Russian] - Коломба

"Эта широко известная новелла Мериме 'Коломба' (1840), исполнена романтики корсиканской жизни. Цельная и дикая натура Коломбы, живущей представлениями своего народа, противопоставляется европейским типажам – путешественникам-англичанам, а также ее брату Орсо, утратившему связь с родной землей. Неотмщенное убийство отца становится тем ядром, вокруг которого концентрируется действие новеллы. Напряжение и драматизм стремительно нарастают, чтобы затем найти выход в неожиданной концовке. 'Двойная ошибка' и 'Коломба' принадлежат к шедеврам новеллистического жанра."

Prosper Merimee (Author), Inna Sytnik (Narrator)

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[Russian] - Двойная ошибка

"Новеллы французского писателя XIX века Проспера Мериме составляют наиболее популярную часть его литературного наследия. Их захватывающий сюжет и совершенная форма и сегодня пленяют многочисленных читателей, яркие пластичные образы надолго запоминаются. Одна из лучших новелл Мериме 'Двойная ошибка' (1833) изображает ситуацию неправильного выбора, дважды совершенного слабой и себялюбивой Жюли. Ни ее муж Шаверни, грубый и пошлый военный, ни, казалось бы, утонченный дипломат Дарси не оправдывают ее ожиданий. Всеми героями движет эгоизм и любовь к удобствам. Высокую оценку этой новелле дал Пушкин в предисловии к 'Песням западных славян'."

Prosper Merimee (Author), Inna Sytnik (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Prosper Merimee

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