No account needed for chapter one. A free account opens the whole text.
Carmen
Prosper Mérimée · 1845 · Romance, Drama & Literary, Crime & Thriller
Prosper Merimee's immortal Andalusian tragedy — the tale that became the world's most beloved opera. Carmen, a beautiful, fearless gypsy of Seville, bewitches the honest soldier Don Jose, who throws away his honour, his freedom and his soul for love of her. From the tobacco factory to the smugglers' sierra to the bull-ring, it is a story of a passion that burns everything it touches, and of a woman who would sooner die free than live unfree.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 17 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
This edition
- Title
- Carmen
- Author
- Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870)
- First published
- 1845
- Illustrated plates
- 38 original artworks · 17 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 7 · about 23,325 words
- Reading time
- 1 h 33 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #2465
Neighbours in the library
Chosen by what they share with Carmen — the same genre.