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100 1 _aMérimée, Prosper,
_d1803-1870
245 1 0 _aLetters to an Unknown
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2013-08-24
508 _aProduced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870 -- Correspondence
653 _aDacquin, Jeanne Françoise, 1811-1895
700 1 _aSaintsbury, George,
_d1845-1933
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43553
999 _c84392
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