Epic poem · 1859
Mirèio
A Provençal Poem
Translated by Harriet Waters Preston (1872)
Mistral's Provençal pastoral epic of the farmer's daughter Mirèio and the basket-weaver Vincen, whose love is thwarted by her family and ends at the shrine of the Saints Maries.
Contents · 12 parts
- Canto I: Lotus Farmabout 470 lines
- Canto II: The Leaf-pickingabout 410 lines
- Canto III: The Cocooningabout 480 lines
- Canto IV: The Suitorsabout 430 lines
- Canto V: The Battleabout 450 lines
- Canto VI: The Witchabout 470 lines
- Canto VII: The Old Menabout 440 lines
- Canto VIII: La Crauabout 380 lines
- Canto IX: The Musterabout 350 lines
- Canto X: Camargueabout 370 lines
- Canto XI: The Saintsabout 460 lines
- Canto XII: Deathabout 390 lines