Mérimée

[mey-ree-mey]

noun

Pros·per [praw-sper] /prɔˈspɛr/, 1803–70, French short-story writer, novelist, and essayist.

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Merimee had a certain fascination of manner, and the predatory instincts of George Sand were again aroused.
Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete
Lyndon Orr
One day, when she felt bored and desperate, Merimee paid his court to her, and she listened to him.
Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete
Lyndon Orr
Merimee says of George Sand that he has known her "maigre comme un clou et noire comme une taupe."
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician
Frederick Niecks
There are fine things in Balzac and passages in Merimee which strike one like a keen blast of sea air.
Story of My Life
Helen Keller
She tells of her intimacy with Merimee, an intimacy which was of short duration and very unsatisfactory.
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings
Rene Doumic

British Dictionary definitions for merimee

Mérimée

noun

Prosper (prɔspɛr). 1803–70, French novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer, noted particularly for his short novels Colomba (1840) and Carmen (1845), on which Bizet's opera was based

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