Great gypsy. Collection of stories about Carmen

The collection is a beautiful gypsy - the third book of the unique publishing series “Eternal Heroes of World Literature”, opened in 2009 by the collection of stories about the Don Juan (“Seville mischievous”), continued by the collection “Noble robber” (about Robin Hood and its researchers ), which was well met by readers. The image of a beautiful gypsy was reflected according to many works of classical literature (Esmeralda in Hugo, Zemfira at Pushkin, Carmen at Merima, Grushenka at Leskov, Masha at L. Tolstoy...), is imprinted in countless songs and romances. In the pantheon of “eternal images”, a beautiful gypsy occupies a special place both in terms of the number of written works of various genres (more than 300), and in the content and interpretation of the image itself - from all -consuming female passion to sacrificial love, from internal freedom to voluntary “slavery” in the name beloved... the names of the heroines of Hugo, Pushkin, Merim (Esmeralda, Zemfira, Carmen) have long become household, and their literary images continue to inspire artists, sculptors, composers, directors, choreographers, filmmakers...

in The book included 27 of the most interesting works of world literature on the “beautiful gypsy” - Cervantes, V. Gyugo, A. Pushkin, E. Baratynsky, P. Merim, L. Tolstoy, A. Blok, M. Tsvetaeva... The collection accompanies the album of reproductions works of fine art of different years and different parks about the "beautiful gypsy", which allows you to compose an visual image of the "eternal heroine". The book is addressed to the widest circle of readers. The works in the collection are located, but the prevailing tradition, in chronological order as they are written and published by the authors.