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A Slight Misunderstanding and Other Stories: Annotated Edition

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Availability:In StockContributor:Prosper Mérimée, Douglas Parmée (Translator)Publish date:11/11/2025Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alma BooksISBN-13:9781847495143ISBN-10:1847495141UPC:9781847495143Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Short Stories (single author), World LiteratureBook Topic:FranceSize:7.73 x 5.05 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCZ6Q8E75Z

Trapped in an unhappy marriage with a boorish, inattentive and socially ambitious husband, Julie de Chaverny enjoys a flirtatious dalliance with the elegant Major de Châteaufort. However, the sudden reappearance of an old admirer, M. Darcy, who has returned from Turkey with a tale of breathtaking derring-do and chivalry to add to his charms, reawakens in Julie a forgotten passion, and convinces her to pursue a rash and dangerous course, one that will have tragic consequences.

Described as a masterpiece of psychological insight and a minutely observed social satire, A Slight Misunderstanding is here accompanied by other short stories: The Etruscan Vase, The Vision of Charles XI, Tamango, The Blue Room, A Hanging.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alma BooksISBN-13:9781847495143ISBN-10:1847495141UPC:9781847495143Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Short Stories (single author), World LiteratureBook Topic:FranceSize:7.73 x 5.05 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCZ6Q8E75Z
Well-versed in European languages and an archaeologist by profession, Prosper Mérimée (1803-70) wrote stories and novellas which displayed his concern for historical accuracy and his fascination for foreign places.
Publisher: Alma Books

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