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Title: Letters to an Unknown
Note: Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Letters to an Unknown" by Prosper Mérimée is a collection of letters written in the mid-19th century. It presents an intimate correspondence between the narrator and an unnamed woman, exploring themes of love, society, and personal reflections. The letters reveal the narrator’s complex character, marked by both skepticism and a deep, if restrained, emotional fervor. At the start of the work, the narrator shares his thoughts on the paradoxical nature of the recipient’s actions, especially her upcoming retreat to the countryside. He reflects on social conventions, the ironies of human behavior, and his own reservations about self-disparagement. The initial exchanges reveal his playfulness and philosophical musings, providing glimpses into his social experiences in Paris, including a night spent on the Notre Dame roof and observations about ballet dancers. This opening sets the tone for a nuanced exploration of the relationship between the narrator and his correspondent, pitting his intellectual musings against the emotional undercurrents of friendship and potential love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Editor: Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
EBook No.: 43553
Published: Aug 24, 2013
Downloads: 100
Language: English
Subject: Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870 -- Correspondence
Subject: Dacquin, Jeanne Françoise, 1811-1895
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Letters to an Unknown
Note: Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Letters to an Unknown" by Prosper Mérimée is a collection of letters written in the mid-19th century. It presents an intimate correspondence between the narrator and an unnamed woman, exploring themes of love, society, and personal reflections. The letters reveal the narrator’s complex character, marked by both skepticism and a deep, if restrained, emotional fervor. At the start of the work, the narrator shares his thoughts on the paradoxical nature of the recipient’s actions, especially her upcoming retreat to the countryside. He reflects on social conventions, the ironies of human behavior, and his own reservations about self-disparagement. The initial exchanges reveal his playfulness and philosophical musings, providing glimpses into his social experiences in Paris, including a night spent on the Notre Dame roof and observations about ballet dancers. This opening sets the tone for a nuanced exploration of the relationship between the narrator and his correspondent, pitting his intellectual musings against the emotional undercurrents of friendship and potential love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Editor: Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
EBook No.: 43553
Published: Aug 24, 2013
Downloads: 100
Language: English
Subject: Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870 -- Correspondence
Subject: Dacquin, Jeanne Françoise, 1811-1895
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.