Read and listen to Carmen

About the book

"Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée is a novella written and first published in 1845. In the lonely hills of Andalusia, a scholar meets a notorious outlaw named Don José, who tells the tale of his tragic downfall. His story revolves around Carmen, a captivating Romani woman whose fierce independence and refusal to be tamed leads to jealousy, violence, and death. This dark narrative of passion and fate later inspired Bizet's famous opera.

Continue by ear

Carmen is in the public domain, so its text can be read in Gutenvox. The app provides transparent on-device synthetic narration, not a human audiobook recording, and can highlight spoken words on the page while keeping your place between reading and listening.

1. Get the free Gutenvox app for iPhone and iPad.
2. Search “Carmen” and save it to your shelf.
3. Read without a narration subscription. Narration starts with a seven-day unlimited trial and then includes 20 free minutes per day; optional paid plans remove the narration cap.