Project Gutenberg 2005-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 165 Mérimée, Prosper 1803 1870 Merimee, Prosper La Vénus d'Ille Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. "La Vénus d'Ille" by Prosper Mérimée is a novella written during the early 19th century. This work falls within the genre of horror fiction with elements of the supernatural. It cleverly intertwines themes of love, desire, and inevitable doom, revolving around a mysterious and ancient statue that brings tragedy to those who encounter it. The story is narrated by an antiquarian who visits the small town of Ille in Roussillon, where he meets the enigmatic M. de Peyrehorade and his family, who have uncovered a stunning bronze statue, referred to as a Vénus, from the ground. As the plot unfolds, the narrator becomes captivated by this beautiful yet sinister figure. The statue's allure is juxtaposed with a series of violent and tragic events that befall the de Peyrehorade family, particularly affecting M. Alphonse, who is on the verge of marriage. A series of unsettling occurrences lead to dire consequences, culminating in Alphonse's unexpected death after a seemingly supernatural encounter with the statue. The novella explores how desire and beauty can harbor dark and malevolent forces, ultimately suggesting that some treasures are more dangerous than they appear. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Venus (Roman deity) -- Fiction Weddings -- Fiction PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 93153 96151 2024-10-07T09:25:58.497873 2023-09-07T10:12:15.418911 text/html text/html 93331 2023-10-30T01:36:52 text/html 96144 2023-09-07T10:12:15.560929 text/html 102623 2024-10-07T09:26:03.021848 application/epub+zip 101556 2024-10-07T09:26:00.426865 application/epub+zip 101557 2024-10-07T09:25:59.217882 application/epub+zip 221517 2024-10-07T09:26:04.874849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214686 2024-10-07T09:26:02.320849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188744 2022-09-08T04:15:42.424376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85183 83704 2024-10-07T09:25:58.086889 2023-09-07T10:12:15.169918 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 84998 2023-10-30T01:39:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18460 2024-10-07T09:26:05.001829 application/rdf+xml 14981 2024-10-07T09:25:59.768858 image/jpeg 3915 2024-10-07T09:25:59.489879 image/jpeg 102682 2024-10-07T09:25:58.506877 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia