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 incites passions, as the wedding of young Alphonse and Mademoiselle de Puygarrig approaches. Is it a benevolent representation of the goddess of Love, as archaeologists claim? Is it malevolent, as the villagers assert? Will the curious inscriptions engraved on its pedestal provide an answer to the mysterious events that are disrupting the region?Bibliocollège offers: - the complete annotated text, - comprehension questions throughout the text, - exploited iconographic documents, - a presentation of Mérimée and his era, - an overview of the fantastic short story genre, - a collection of texts: "The Animated Statue."