A Slight Misunderstanding and Other Stories : Annotated Edition

Author: Merimee, Prosper

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Published on 25 June 2025 by Alma Books Ltd (Alma Classics) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 192 pages
196 x 128 | 208g

Trapped in an unhappy marriage with a boorish, inattentive and socially ambitious husband, Julie de Chaverny enjoys a flirtatious dalliance with the elegant Major de Chateaufort. However, the sudden reappearance of an old admirer, M. Darcy, who has returned from Turkey with a tale of breathtaking derring-do and chivalry to add to his charms, reawakens in Julie a forgotten passion, and convinces her to pursue a rash and dangerous course, one that will have tragic consequences.

Described as a masterpiece of psychological insight and a minutely observed social satire, A Slight Misunderstanding is here accompanied by other short stories: The Etruscan Vase, The Vision of Charles XI, Tamango, The Blue Room, A Hanging.