Colomba
By Prosper Mérimée
Cover: The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica by Edward Lear (1812–1888) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Colomba is a novella by Prosper Mérimée. The novella first appeared on 1 July 1840 in the Revue des Deux Mondes and was collected with two other stories, "La Vénus d'Ille" and "Les Ames du Purgatoire", under the title Colomba, published in 1841 by Magen et Comon.
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