"Colomba" is a tragic story about a Corsican vendetta. The central character, Colomba, convinces her brother that she must kill a man to avenge an old wrong done to their family. This story was the result of his long trip to that island researching historic monuments, and is filled with details about Corsican culture and history. When it was published in the "Revue des deux Mondes" it had an immense popular success. It is still widely studied in French schools as an example of Romanticism.