Used book – La Vénus d'Ille, Prosper Mérimée

A bronze Venus has been discovered in the small town of Ille. This astonishing statue, with its strange beauty, haunts imaginations and unleashes passions as the wedding of young Alphonse and Mlle de Puygarrig approaches. Is it a benevolent representation of the goddess of Love, as archaeologists claim? Is it evil, as the villagers assert? Will the curious inscriptions engraved on its base provide an answer to the mysterious events shaking the region?