The Writings of Prosper Mérimée: Comprising His Novels, Tales, and Letters to an Unknown (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Writings of Prosper Mérimée: Comprising His Novels, Tales, and Letters to an UnknownTo guard against every manifestation of pleasure, never to abandon himself unreservedly to the expression of emotion, to be tricked neither by others nor by himself, in his conduct and his writings to have in view the con stant presence of an unsympathetic, mocking spectator; to he himself that spectator - these are the most distinguish ing characteristics of his nature, of which every phase of his life, of his work, and of his talent bears the imprint.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.