A Slight Misunderstanding and Other Stories: Annotated Edition

A unique collection of short stories by French author Prosper Mérimée whose ’tales have gradually come to be considered perfect models of the narrative art’ (Henry James). A Slight Misunderstanding is accompanied here by other stories including The Etruscan Vase, The Vision of Charles XI, Tamango, The Blue Room, A Hanging and H.B.

Well-versed in European languages and an archaeologist by profession, Prosper Mérimée (1803-70) wrote stories and novellas which displayed his concern for historical accuracy and his fascination for foreign places.