Colomba, Prosper Mérimée

On the boat taking him back to Corsica, Orso della Rebbia, a half-pay lieutenant, meets Miss Lydia, a young English woman from a good family. But no sooner has he set foot on his native soil than his sister Colomba reminds him of his duty: to avenge their father, murdered two years earlier. Will he be able to remain worthy of Miss Lydia's interest by resisting his sister's pleas and wiles, as well as his enemies' provocations?With its colourful cast of characters, including the fascinating eponymous heroine, Mérimée takes us on a thrilling tale of vendetta.Subjects of study: Fiction to question reality/Individual and society: clashes of values? [4th grade]; The novel and narrative from the 18th to the 21st century [High school]· Pedagogical dossier: Five fact sheets to grasp the issues of the work· Extension: The revenge of women (corpus of texts).