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"Carmen (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" is a classic novel by French realist writer Mérimée and the original work of the opera "Carmen". It has been adapted into film and television dramas many times. The novel tells the adventures of Carmen, a free and uninhibited bohemian woman. Carmen is beautiful, outspoken, and daring. She seduces the soldier Tang Yucai, causing him to be expelled from the army, and induces him to commit smuggling crimes with her. Later, Carmen falls in love with another person, and Tang Yucai and her have constant conflicts until she pays for it with her life... This book uses the classic translation of Fu Lei, a famous Chinese translator, with a vivid, smooth and rhythmic translation. The editor has preserved the words and translation methods in the book to the greatest extent, and tried not to damage Fu Lei's personal text characteristics. The exquisite illustrations included in the book were specially drawn for this book by the legendary German illustrator Alastair. At the same time, "Letter from Spain", which directly influenced Mérimée's creation of the novel "Carmen", is specially included to trace the origin of the creation of "Carmen".