Alexandre Dumas
This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.Dumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris.Excerpted from Wikipedia.
The Black Tulip
Alexandre Dumas
'To have discovered the black tulip, to have seen it for a moment... then to lose it, to lose it forever!'
Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in deadly political intrigue and is falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival. Condemned to life imprisonment, his only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, and together they concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret.
Dumas' last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland.
Queen Margot
Alexandre Dumas
During religious wars in France, Marguerite de Valois, a Catholic, marries Henry de Navarre, a Protestant and the future king
Kolme muskettisoturia
Alexandre Dumas
Muskettisoturit ratsastavat jälleen! Alexandre Dumas vanhemman (1802-1870) kuolemattomat tarinat maailmankuulujen miekkamiesten seikkailuista piirtävät värikkään kuvan kardinaali Richeliun ja Ludvig VIII:n ajan Ranskasta.
The Prince of Thieves
Alexandre Dumas
The first volume of Alexandre Dumas' two-part interpretation of the story of Robin Hood, popularized for Nineteenth Century audiences by Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, set in England in 1162-66.
In this book, Dumas tells the story of Robin Hood's youth: how he is delivered by an unknown man to be raised by poor but honest foresters, his great skill as an archer, how he comes into conflict with the Baron [sic] of Nottingham, how he meets Friar Tuck, the Maid Marian, Little John, Will Scarlett, and others, how he is declared an outlaw by the King, and decamps, with his followers, into Sherwood Forest to wage war against the Baron.
Twenty Years After (The d'Artagnan Romances, #2)
Alexandre Dumas
'At this game, whoever does not kill is killed.'
Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.
Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
First published in 1844, The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical novels and one of the most popular adventure novels ever written.
Dumas' swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and court intrigue,and also three boon companions, the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together, the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.
Robin Buss’s lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas’s original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas
In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's celebrated cycle of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Unbeknownst to D'Artagnan, Aramis and Porthos plot to remove the inept king and place the king's twin brother on the throne of France. Meanwhile, a twenty-three-year-old prisoner known only as "Philippe" wastes away deep inside the Bastille. Forced to wear an iron mask, Phillippe has been imprisoned for eight years, has no knowledge of his true identity, and has not been told what crime he's committed. When the destinies of the king and Phillippe converge, the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties.
Королева Марго
Alexandre Dumas
«Королева Марго» один з найбільш знаменитих романів Олександра Дюма, давно вже стали класикою історико-пригодницької літератури. Франція, шістнадцяте століття, епоха жорстокої боротьби між протестантами і католиками, витончених придворних інтриг і трагічну любов королеви Марго, мимоволі стала учасницею чужих політичних ігор
The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon
Alexandre Dumas
Selected as a Top Ten Book of the Year by The Washington Post: the newly discovered last novel by the author of The Three Musketeers. Rousing, big, spirited, its action sweeping across oceans and continents, its hero gloriously indomitable, the last novel of Alexandre Dumas—lost for 125 years in the archives of the National Library in Paris—completes the oeuvre that Dumas imagined at the outset of his literary career.
Indeed, the story of France from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century, as Dumas vibrantly retold it in his numerous enormously popular novels, has long been absent one vital, richly historical era: the Age of Napoleon. But no longer. Now, dynamically, in a tale of family honor and undying vengeance, of high adventure and heroic derring-do, The Last Cavalier fills that gap.
Twenty Years After: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers (Musketeers Cycle, 3)
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas’s most famous and enduring novel, completed its serial publication in the summer of 1844, and by the time of its book publication at the end of that year readers were already demanding a sequel. They got it starting in January, 1845, when the first chapters of Twenty Years After began to appear—but it wasn’t quite what they were expecting.
When Twenty Years After opens it is 1648: the Red Sphinx, Cardinal Richelieu, is dead, France is ruled by a regency in the grip of civil war, and across the English Channel the monarchy of King Charles I hangs by a thread. As d’Artagnan will find, these are problems that can’t be solved with a sword thrust. In Twenty Years After, the musketeers confront maturity and face its greatest challenge: sometimes, you fail. It’s in how the four comrades respond to failure, and rise above it, that we begin to see the true characters of Dumas’s great heroes.
A true literary achievement, Twenty Years After is long overdue for a modern reassessment—and a new translation. As an added inducement to readers, Lawrence Ellsworth has discovered a “lost” chapter that was overlooked in the novel’s original publication, and is included in none of the available English translations to date—until now.
With Twenty Years After Dumas’s Musketeers Cycle becomes a real ongoing series, beginning a long story arc that will be continued in The Son of Milady, adventure following adventure until the final climax in The Man in the Iron Mask.
The Count of Monte Christo
Alexandre Dumas
One of the greatest classics of world literature. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure that everyone must read.
The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated
Alexandre Dumas
This edition is accompanied by 27 unpublished illustrations.Set in the time just before Napoleon's return to power, this adventurous tale follows the trials and tribulations of Edmond Dantès. After being unjustly imprisoned on the day of his wedding, Edmond devises a plan that leads to his escape, a hoard of treasure, and a new the Count of Monte Cristo. A tale of courage, vengeance, romance, and betrayal!
Georges
Alexandre Dumas
A major new translation of a stunning rediscovered novel by Alexandre Dumas, Georges is a classic swashbuckling adventure. Brilliantly translated by Tina A. Kover in lively, fluid prose, this is Dumas's most daring work, in which his themes of intrigue and romance are illuminated by the issues of racial prejudice and the profound quest for identity.Georges Munier is a sensitive boy growing up in the nineteenth century on the island of Mauritius. The son of a wealthy mulatto, Pierre Munier, Georges regularly sees how his father's courage is tempered by a sense of inferiority before whites and Georges vows that he will be different. When Georges matures into a man committed to moral superiority mixed with physical strength; the stage is set for a conflict with the island's rich and powerful plantation owner, Monsieur de Malm[;die)I can't connect this to anything], and a forbidden romance with Sara, the beautiful woman engaged to Malm's son. With swordplay, a slave rebellion, a harrowing escape, and a vow of vengeance Georges is unmistakably the work of the master who wrote "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." Yet it stands apart as the only book Dumas ever wrote that confronts the subject of race, a potent topic, since Dumas was of African ancestry himself.This edition also features a captivating Introduction by Jamaica Kincaid and an eloquent Afterword and Notes by Werner Sollors, who addresses key themes such as colonialism, racism, African slavery, and interracial intimacy.Long out of print in America, Georges can now be appreciated as never before and added to the greatest works of this immortal author.
The Women's War
Alexandre Dumas
The Baron des Canolles is a man torn apart by the civil war that dominates mid-seventeenth century France. For while the naïve Gascon soldier cares little for the politics behind the battles, he is torn apart by a deep passion for two powerful women on opposing sides of the war: Nanon de Lartigues, a keen supporter of the Queen Regent Anne of Austria, and the Victomtesse de Cambes, who supports the rebellious forces of the Princess de Condé. Set around Bordeaux during the first turbulent years of the reign of Louis XIV, The Women's War sees two women taking central stage in a battle for all France. Humorous, dramatic and romantic, it offers a compelling exploration of political intrigue, the power of redemption, the force of love and the futility of war.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo - tome 1
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate. All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything. He is engaged to a beautiful woman, is about to become the captain of a ship, and is well liked by almost everyone. But his perfect life is shattered when he is framed by a jealous rival and thrown into a dark prison cell for 14 years.The greatest tale of betrayal, adventure, and revenge ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo continues to dazzle readers with its thrilling and memorable scenes, including Dantès’s miraculous escape from prison, his amazing discovery of a vast hidden treasure, and his transformation into the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo—a man whose astonishing thirst for vengeance is as cruel as it is just.Luc Sante is the author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts. He teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.
La Reine Margot
Alexandre Dumas
La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him
one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic translation of 1846 is richly annotated. An introduction sets Dumas and his work in their literary, historical and cultural context.
TRES MOSQUETEROS, LOS (Spanish Edition)
Alexandre Dumas
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Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas
Here is the magnificent concluding story of the swashbuckling Musketeers, Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and D'Artagnan.
El Conde de Montecristo
Alexandre Dumas
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Puffin Classics) : Abridged
Alexandre Dumas
A tale of love and revenge in the post-Napoleonic era. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in prison. His sole companion is the 'crazy' priest Faria, who shares with Edmond a secret escape plan, and a map to hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo. When Faria dies, Edmond attempts the incredible escape alone. finally he is free and rich beyond imagination after 14 years in prison. Keeping his true identity a secret, he enters society as Count of Monte Cristo, a polite, refined nobleman determined to reclaim his lost love, and to avenge his accusers. This is a story of suspense, intrigue, love and the triumph of good over evil.
Louise de La Vallière (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)
Alexandre Dumas
Louise de la Vallière is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne, or, Ten Years After . Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask . Set during the reign of Louis XIV and filled with
behind-the-scenes intrigue, the novel brings the aging Musketeers and d'Artagnan out of retirement to face an impending crisis within the royal court of France. This new edition of the classic English translation is richly annotated and places Dumas's invigorating tale in its historical and
cultural context.
Ten Years Later
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (also known as Dumas p re) (1802-1870) was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. Dumas is best known for the historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both written within the space of two years, 1844-45, and which belong to the foundation works of popular culture. He was among the first, along with Honor de Balzac and Eug ne Sue, who fully used the possibilities of roman feuilleton, the serial novel. Dumas is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France, although his abilities as a writer were under dispute from the beginning. Dumas' works are fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction, but on the other hand, they are entangled, melodramatic, and actually not faithful to the historical facts.
Alexandre Dumas was born in Villes-Cotter ts. His grandfather was a French nobleman, who had settled in Santo Domingo; his paternal grandmother, Marie-Cessette, was an Afro-Caribbean, who had been a black slave in the then French colony. Dumas' father was a general in Napoleon's army, who had fallen out of favor. After his death in 1806 the family lived in poverty. Dumas worked as a notary's clerk and went in 1823 to Paris to find work. Due to his elegant handwriting he secured a position with the Duc d'Orl ans - later King Louis Philippe. He also found his place in theater and as a publisher of some obscure magazines. An illegitimate son called Alexandre Dumas fils, whose mother, Marie-Catherine Labay, was a dressmaker, was born in 1824. Dumas fils gained fame with his novel The Lady of the Camillas, in which a fallen girl, the heroine, gives up her lover rather than see him become a social outcast.
Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes
Alexandre Dumas
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Chicot, The Jester
Alexandre Dumas
This early work is Alexandre Dumas's 1910 novel, "Chicot the Jester". A collaborative effort with Auguste Maquet, it tells the fantastic story of a nobleman jester who has the audacity to mock a king and the guile to disarm a venerable knight in a heated battle. Concerning one of Dumas's most well-known and marvellously crafted characters, "Chicot the Jester" is a must-read for fans of Dumas's seminal work, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Despite making a great deal of money from his writing, Dumas was almost perpetually penniless thanks to his veritably extravagant lifestyle. His novels have been translated into nearly a hundred different languages, and have inspired over 200 motion pictures. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this classic book in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Karl Ludwig Sand
Alexandre Dumas
«Карл Людвиг Занд» - новелла великого французского писателя Александра Дюма (франц. Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870). *** Карл Людвиг Занд был немецким студентом, убившим консервативного писателя Августа фон Коцебу, непримиримого преследователя студенческой братии. Другими выдающимися произведениями автора являются «Черный тюльпан», «Три мушкетера», «Графиня де Монсоро», «Две Дианы», «Граф Монте-Кристо», «Учитель фехтования», «Двадцать лет спустя» и «Виконт де Бражелон». Александр Дюма – самый популярный французский писатель в мире, книгами которого зачитываются любители приключенческих историй и романтических развязок.
The Complete Celebrated Crimes Volume 3
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers and so many sequels, all but invented the action adventure novel, and certainly he has few peers in all the years since. His stories are thrilling works of derring-do, foul deeds, close escapes, and glorious victories. In this third volume of his Celebrated Crimes, Dumas tells the tale of Mary Queen of Scots, a woman who suffered a violent death, and around whose name an endless controversy has waged. Dumas goes carefully into the dubious episodes of her stormy career, but does not allow these to blind his sympathy for her fate. Mary, it should be remembered, was closely allied to France by education and marriage, and the French never forgave Elizabeth the part she played in the tragedy. This book was not written for children. Dumas has minced no words in describing the violent scenes of a violent time. In some instances facts appear distorted out of their true perspective, and in others the author makes unwarranted charges. The careful, mature reader -- for whom the books are intended -- will recognize and allow for this fact.
Ange Pitou
Alexandre Dumas
Ange Pitou is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. Set during the French Revolution, the story follows the adventures of Ange Pitou, a young man from a small village who becomes involved in the events of the revolution. Pitou is a loyal supporter of the revolutionaries and becomes a key figure in the storming of the Bastille. Along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful young woman named Catherine, who is also involved in the revolution. The novel is filled with action, adventure, and romance, as well as vivid descriptions of the political and social upheaval of the time. Dumas' masterful storytelling brings to life the drama and excitement of one of the most important periods in French history.Moreover, notwithstanding the terror generally inspired by the sight of monsters, she felt a desire to look at, and perhaps even to admire, this extraordinary man, who by a crime had infused his vile blood into the most aristocratic veins in France, --this man who appeared to have organized the Revolution, in order that it should open the gates of the Bastille for him, in which, but for that Revolution, he would have remained immured forever, to teach him that a plebeian must remember nothing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work
The Vicomte de Bragelonne (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.1)
Alexandre Dumas
The Vicomte de Bragelonne opens an epic adventure which continues with Louise de La Valliere and reaches its climax in The Man in the Iron Mask. This new edition of the classic translation presents a key episode in the Musketeers saga, fully annotated and with an introduction by a leading Dumas scholar.
El tulipán negro
Alexandre Dumas
Cornelius van Baerle, joven botánico holandés, recibe una carta de su padrino De Witt, partidario de la República y ajusticiado por sus rivales monárquicos, en la que le envía unos documentos comprometedores. Cornelius es detenido. Gracias a Guillermo de Orange, le conmutan la pena de muerte por la de cadena perpetua. Lo único que podrá liberarle será el cultivo de un raro y codiciado tulipán negro.
One Thousand and One Ghosts
Alexandre Dumas
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La Reine Margot, Tome I
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) est un écrivain français. Il est né à Villers-Cotterêts (Aisne). Il reçut une éducation plut‘t mediocre. Après des études négligées, il travailla comme clerc chez un notaire et débuta la rédaction de pièces de théâtre avec son ami, le vicomte Adolphe Ribbing de Leuven. Ces premiers essais furent autant d’échecs. En 1823, il entra au service du Duc d’Orléans comme expéditionnaire grâce à sa calligraphie. Il lisait alors Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Goethe et Schiller qui furent les sources d’inspiration principales de son théâtre. Il continua à écrire pour le théâtre et connut enfin le succès grâce à la représentation en 1829 de Henri III et sa cour par la Comédie-Française. Ce succès continua pendant toute sa carrière littéraire dans ses genres de pré le drame, le roman historique et le feuilleton. Ses oeuvres Les Trois Mousquetaires (1844), Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1845-1846) et Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (1848).
Il conte di Montecristo
Alexandre Dumas
Ha centosettant'anni, ma non perde un colpo. Pubblicato a puntate fra l'agosto 1844 e il gennaio 1846 sul «Journal des Débats», mentre Dumas lo stava ancora scrivendo (con l'aiuto di un ghost-writer, Auguste Maquet), senza sapere nemmeno lui come l'avrebbe concluso, e intanto metteva in cantiere altri due o tre romanzi, Il conte di Montecristo ha lasciato, e lascia tuttora, col fiato sospeso folle di lettori di ogni estrazione sociale e di ogni paese. Nessun romanzo, forse, ha avuto tante edizioni (settantasei solo in Italia, già dal 1846), tanti adattamenti cinematografici (il primo nel 1922) e televisivi; è diventato un musical, un fumetto con Paperino, è stato immortalato sulle figurine Liebig e condensato nelle strisce della Magnesia San Pellegrino; oggi ispira la serie americana Revenge. Tutti quindi possono dire di conoscerne almeno a grandi linee la trama e il protagonista, anche chi non lo ha mai letto. Ma non c'è trasposizione, necessariamente lacunosa, data la mole del romanzo, che valga il godimento di aprirlo e rimanere intrappolati senza scampo nel suo inesorabile ingranaggio narrativo, che funziona sempre anche se si sa già come andrà a finire la vicenda. I suoi stessi difetti, le ripetizioni, le digressioni, le zeppe, sono funzionali al piacere della lettura. Gramsci lo ha bollato come «il più "oppiaceo" dei romanzi popolari: quale uomo del popolo non crede di aver subíto un'ingiustizia dai potenti e non fantastica sulla "punizione" da infliggere loro?» Nella sua scia, ma senza alcuna condanna ideologica, Umberto Eco lo ha fatto accedere, finalmente, al canone della tradizione letteraria, celebrando il suo protagonista come una delle piú riuscite incarnazioni del «superuomo di massa». Bello e tenebroso quanto basta, Montecristo non ricorre all'armamentario del romanzo gotico inglese, né è un autentico aristocratico come il suo predecessore più immediato, il Rodolphe de Gerolstein dei Misteri di Parigi di Eugène Sue (1843), vendicatore di torti nei bassifondi di Parigi. Montecristo ammette con disinvoltura di essere un «conte improvvisato», ma con un patrimonio da far impallidire quello di Rothschild, un fascino magnetico e una cultura smisurata, grazie ai quali abbacina l'élite politica e finanziaria del regno borghese di Luigi Filippo. Dall'alto della sua onniscienza, tiene a bada depressione e malumori con pasticche di hashish, e intanto manipola la Borsa, usa l'amministrazione della giustizia come un suo personale braccio armato e pilota l'esistenza dei suoi nemici per punirli con sapiente contrappasso, imprigionandoli in una trama impeccabile di coincidenze che non sono mai tali, di accadimenti che non sono mai fortuiti. Proprio come farebbe un grande romanziere.
Veinte años después
Alexandre Dumas
El romanticismo, con su amor a lo pasado, dio pábulo a una gran proliferación de la novela histórica. Dumas no se mantuvo inmune a esta tendecia. Noveló un largo periodo de la historia de Francia.
En Veinte años después, continuación de la novela Los tres mosqueteros, los mosqueteros -ya maduros, sin los arrestos ni la falta de cálculo de la juventud- viajan a Inglaterra para tratar de salvar al rey Carlos de la revolución de Cromwell.
Todos los acontecimientos de relieve verdaderamente históricos están relatados con apego a la verdad. Estamos, pues, ante una obra que, apegándose a la historia en lo que más importa, incurre en desviaciones que para nada afectan la esencia de los hechos reales, pero que en cambio cautivan al lector.
Mary Stuart, a Rainha da Escócia (Portuguese Edition)
Alexandre Dumas
pesar de tudo, a Rainha da Inglaterra titubeou. Executar uma rainha ungida por Deus, da mesma forma como seu pai fizera à sua mãe, Ana Bolena, era passar uma mensagem perigosa para os outros: a de que o sangue dos reis era tão vermelho quanto o do mais singelo dos mortais.
Publicado pela primeira vez como parte de uma coleção de oito volumes chamada Crimes Célebres, a obra Mary Stuart conta a trágica história da Rainha da Escócia, desde sua infância até a disputa de poder com Elizabeth I e, por fim, sua sombria execução.
Los Tres Mosqueteros
Alexandre Dumas
teherán 1977, mientras el Sha de Irán se esfuerza por mantener el poder insostenible en su revuelto país, siete jovenes de una secta son hallados muertos en un suburbio que parece un suicidio colectivo.
Historia de intriga en la que ficción y realidad se mezclan y confunden .
O Conde de Monte-Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Um dos maiores clássicos da literatura francesa há mais de 150 anos, “O conde de Monte-Cristo” gira em torno de Edmond Dantè, que é preso por um crime que não cometeu, ocasionando a perda da mulher que ama e do filho. Ao sair da prisão, Edmond vai à busca de vingança contra seus inimigos. Uma trama repleta de reviravoltas dignas de um jogo de xadrez.
The Count of Monte Cristo: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Alexandre Dumas Classics)
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo ( Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. It begins on the day that Napoleon left his first island of exile, Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period when Napoleon returned to power. The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story centrally concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness.Before he can marry his fiancée Mercédès, Edmond Dantès, a French nineteen-year-old first mate of the Pharaon, is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a grim island fortress off Marseille. A fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, correctly deduces that romantic rival Fernand Mondego, envious crewmate Danglars, and double-dealing magistrate De Villefort are responsible. Over the course of their long imprisonment, Faria educates Dantès and tells him of a cache of treasure he found. After Faria dies, Dantès escapes and finds the treasure. As the powerful and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, he enters the fashionable Parisian world of the 1830s to avenge himself.
Gabriel Lambert
Alexandre Dumas
Un roman très peu connu, écrit par Dumas seul, paru la même année que Les Trois Mousquetaires, avec en toile de fond la France de Louis Philippe, qui aborde les grands débats de l'époque : le bagne et la prison, la peine de mort.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo #2 of 2)
Alexandre Dumas
Edmond Dantès, le commandant du Pharaon, fiancé à la belle Mercédès, a vu ses espérances brisées. Plus de vingt ans après son inique emprisonnement, de retour parmi les vivants, il est enfin prêt à accomplir sa vengeance, sans relâche ni pitié. De ses ennemis, il a tout appris. D'Europe en Orient, exhumant leurs crimes l'un après l'autre, il a retrouvé les comploteurs sans scrupule qui jurèrent sa perte.
Le baron Danglars, ancien commis aux écritures devenu riche banquier. Monsieur de Villefort, substitut devenu procureur du roi. Le comte Fernand de Morcerf, désormais pair de France, et mari de Mercédès ! Sous le masque du comte de Monte-Cristo, Dantès a juré leur déshonneur, leur ruine et leur mort... Mais peut-il à bon droit se substituer à la divine Providence ? Ne serait-il pas plus grand justicier s'il était magnanime ? Telle est aussi la question que pose le livre le plus humain d'Alexandre Dumas.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, #1 of 2)
Alexandre Dumas
Tome I de II.
« On fit encore quatre ou cinq pas en montant toujours, puis Dantès sentit qu'on le prenait par la tête et par les pieds et qu'on le balançait.
« Une, dirent les fossoyeurs.
- Deux.
- Trois ! »
En même temps, Dantès se sentit lancé, en effet, dans un vide énorme, traversant les airs comme un oiseau blessé, tombant, tombant toujours avec une épouvante qui lui glaçait le cœur. Quoique tiré en bas par quelque chose de pesant qui précipitait son vol rapide, il lui sembla que cette chute durait un siècle. Enfin, avec un bruit épouvantable, il entra comme une flèche dans une eau glacée qui lui fit pousser un cri, étouffé à l'instant même par l'immersion. Dantès avait été lancé dans la mer, au fond de laquelle l'entraînait un boulet de trente-six attaché à ses pieds.La mer est le cimetière du château d'If. »
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne III
Alexandre Dumas
Noble Porthos ! A quoi bon les châteaux regorgeant de meubles, les forêts regorgeant de gibier, les lacs regorgeant de poissons et les caves regorgeant de richesses ! A quoi bon les laquais aux brillantes livrées, et au milieu d'eux Mousqueton, fier du pouvoir délégué par toi ! Ô noble Porthos ! soucieux entasseur de trésors, fallait-il tant travailler à adoucir et dorer ta vie pour venir, sur une plage déserte, aux cris des oiseaux de l'océan, t'étendre, les os écrasés, sous une froide pierre ! Fallait-il, enfin, noble Porthos, amasser tant d'or pour n'avoir pas même le distique d'un pauvre poète sur ton monument !
La Dame pâle
Alexandre Dumas
Au cœur des Carpathes, dans le sombre château de Brankovan, les princes Grégoriska et Kostaki, s'affrontent pour conquérir la belle Hedwige. Or, Kostaki est un vampire qui revient chaque nuit assouvir sa soif de sang auprès de la jeune femme devenue l'objet d'une lutte sans merci entre les deux frères.
Une étrange histoire pleine de romantisme et de fantastique où l'angoisse le dispute au romanesque…
Le Compte de Monte-Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.
Pauline
Alexandre Dumas
« Vous vous réveillerez dans un caveau où nul n'est descendu depuis vingt ans, et dans lequel, d'ici à vingt ans peut-être, nul ne descendra encore. N'ayez donc aucun espoir de secours, car il serait inutile. Vous trouverez du poison près de cette lettre : tout ce que je puis faire pour vous est de vous offrir une mort prompte et douce au lieu d'une agonie lente et douloureuse. Dans l'un et l'autre cas, et quelque parti que vous preniez, à compter de cette heure, vous êtes morte. »
Pauline (1838) est un des premiers romans de Dumas, où Monte-Cristo se trouve en germe. C'est un livre qu'il a écrit seul, et qui se déroule de son temps. La fiction brode sur les thèmes du roman gothique, en « noir », nuit, cottage en ruine, sentes perdues, passages secrets, brigands impitoyables, héroïne enterrée vivante, substitution de cadavres.
Pauline fait face à un bourreau mystérieux, « homme fatal ». C'est le roman d'une jeunesse déboussolée qui tente de se faire une place dans une société mesquine.
Robin Hood. Il principe dei ladri
Alexandre Dumas
Paladino della giustizia e difensore dei deboli, arciere infallibile e astuto, Robin Hood è il principe dei ladri, l’incontrastato signore della foresta di Sherwood. Privato ingiustamente dei suoi beni da un nobile senza scrupoli, il giovane Robin è un eroe invincibile, l’ultimo sassone che, con la sua banda di fedelissimi amici, tenta di opporsi alla dominazione dei normanni, lottando tenacemente contro le ingiustizie degli usurpatori. Dalla fervida fantasia di Alexandre Dumas nasce uno dei ritratti piú vivaci del leggendario fuorilegge inglese e dei suoi fedeli compagni, dall’imponente e saggio Little John al coraggioso e allegro frate Tuck, alla bella lady Marian, senza dimenticare il perfido barone Fitz Alwine, il famigerato sceriffo di Nottingham.
The Count Of Montre Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Alexandre Dumas
Dans Les Trois Mousquetaires revit toute l'Histoire : le Moyen Âge parce que c'est une épopée chevaleresque ; le XVIIe siècle dominé par Richelieu fondateur de la France moderne ; le romantisme parce que des héros exceptionnels, qui ont disparu d'une société contemporaine dépoétisée, se réfugient dans le roman. L'auteur y a mis tout son art : la surprise, la vitesse, l'humour, la couleur, le sens du mystère et de la grandeur. Le lecteur se sent un instant aventureux comme d'Artagnan, séducteur comme Aramis, hercule comme Porthos, profond comme Athos, poète comme Dumas.
O conde de Monte Cristo: edição bolso de luxo (Clássicos Zahar)
Alexandre Dumas
Traições, denúncias anônimas, tesouros fabulosos, envenenamentos, vinganças e muito suspense. A trama de "O Conde de Monte Cristo" traz uma emoção diferente a cada página e talvez isso explique a razão de a obra do escritor francês Alexandre Dumas ter se transformado em um clássico da literatura mundial, mexendo com a imaginação dos leitores há mais de 150 anos. No romance, o marinheiro Edmond Dantés é preso injustamente, vítima de um complô. Anos depois, consegue escapar da prisão, enriquece e planeja uma vingança mirabolante. A galeria de personagens criada por Dumas faz um retrato fiel da França do século XIX, um mundo em transformação, em que passou a ser possível a mudança de posições sociais. As aventuras de Dantés ainda ganharam diversas versões cinematográficas que colaboraram para o sucesso da trama. Com texto integral e a mesma tradução premiada da Edição Comentada e Ilustrada, vencedora do Jabuti, a versão Bolso de Luxo ainda tem capa dura. E tudo com um preço mais que acessível.
La Tulipe Noire
Alexandre Dumas
Dans la Hollande du XVIIe siècle, alors que Guillaume d'Orange s'empare du pouvoir, un honnête horticulteur de province est accusé de trahison. Malgré son emprisonnement, le jeune homme tente de poursuivre son rêve : donner naissance à la tulipe noire. Aidé par Rosa, la propre fille du geôlier, il combattra les jalousies et méchancetés du monde extérieur pour mener à bien son entreprise. Ce roman original, presque poétique, se distingue des aventures tumultueuses des Trois Mousquetaires et du Comte de Monte-Cristo. Dans une sorte de huis-clos, l'auteur dresse un portrait vivant de ses personnages et des passions qui les agitent.
EL CONDE DE MONTECRISTO: en español
Alexandre Dumas
La novela empieza con Edmundo Dantès volviendo a Marsella, donde se encuentra con su familia y sus amigos. Dantès está a punto de recibir una promoción a capitán, y también a punto de casarse con una bella española, Mercédès [sic, en francés] Herrera. Sin embargo, el inocente Dantès no se da cuenta de cómo su fortuna afecta a los que él considera sus amigos. Danglars, el jefe de cargamento que envidia la promoción de Edmond, y Fernando, el primo de Mercédès que ama a esta, pretenden acusar a Edmond como agente bonapartista. Dantés, siguiendo la última voluntad del capitán del barco, que muere en el viaje de vuelta a Marsella, hace una parada en la isla de Elba donde se encontraba preso Napoleón. Este le da una carta dirigida a un hombre en París del cual solo le dice el nombre, Noirtier. Al llegar a la ciudad y presos de la envidia, Danglars y Fernando redactan una carta anónima acusando a Dantés de agente bonapartista, en presencia del vecino de Edmond. Dantés es arrestado el día de la boda y es llevado ante Villefort, el sustituto del procurador del rey. Villefort le informa de que ha sido denunciado como espía de Napoleón pero que dada la buena reputación de Edmond no cree en la veracidad de la denuncia, además, le entrega la carta que había recibido del emperador la cual contiene los horarios de los guardias que le vigilan. Villefort iba a dejar marchar al muchacho pero le pregunta por el destinatario de la carta, Noirtier, y al conocer este dato hace arrestar a Dantés en el castillo de If. Noirtier es el padre de Villefort y no puede permitir que se le involucre en un asunto de traición ayudando al emperador a regresar a Francia, denegando todas sus posibilidades de llegar a ser una persona importante en el país.
El Cascanueces (RBA - Historias Maravillosas)
Alexandre Dumas
En esta exclusiva edición del clásico infantil El cascanueces se recogen tanto la versión del escritor galo Alexandre Dumas, titulada Histoire d'un casse-noissette (1844), que inspiró el famosísimo ballet del compositor ruso Piotr Ilich Chaikovski, como la versión original del cuento, escrita por el autor alemán E.T.A. Hoffmann unos años antes, en 1816, Nussknacker und Mausekönig.
Las maravillosas siluetas recortadas que ilustran el texto de Dumas son obra de la artista danesa Else Hasselriis para una edición de 1930. En cambio, las delicadas imágenes en color que acompañan la versión de E.T.A. Hoffmann proceden de Louskácek a myší král, una edición checa de 1924 ilustrada por el artista bohemio Artuš Scheiner, quien dota a sus ilustraciones de sutiles pinceladas de fantasía inspiradas en el Art Nouveau.
I tre moschettieri
Alexandre Dumas
«Beato colui che per la prima volta si accinge a inseguire le orme di d'Artagnan; beato colui che, avendo letto questo libro nell'adolescenza, come accade, in una edizione probabilmente ornata di traumatizzanti illustrazioni, non ne conserva che un confuso ricordo, fatto di generosi e un po' sciocchi duelli, di trame ingegnose, di agevoli uccisioni; attendono costoro alcune ore di indifesa, deliziata lettura... Una velocissima cavalcata, che si svolge con accelerazione sempre piú nervosa e rovinosa, ci rapisce, per le strade di Francia e di Inghilterra, sulle tracce di d'Artagnan e dei tre moschettieri; in preda ad un batticuore lievemente degradante, gustando tutta la codarda letizia di essere "fuori", noi seguiamo le ambagi di una storia seducente quanto sfrontatamente improbabile». (Giorgio Manganelli)
The Nutcracker
Alexandre Dumas
The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is no ordinary toy. On Christmas Eve, at the clocks strike midnight, Marie watches as the Nutcracker and her entire cabinet of playthings come to life and boldly do battle against the malevolent Mouse King and his armies. But this is only the start: read on for a tale of enchantment and transformation, enter a world by turns fantastical and sinister, a kindom of dolls and spun-sugar palaces, and learn the true history of the brave little Nutcracker. Adapted from a dark fairy-tale by ETA Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas' romance of childhood imagination inspired Tchaikovsky's world-famous ballet. Brilliantly adapted by translator Sarah Ardrizzone and illuminated by Kitty Arden, this is the perfect Christmas gift for readers of all ages.
The Borgias
Alexandre Dumas
CELEBRATED CRIMES Vol I, Part 1: The Borgias
There are dreadful -- perhaps scurrilous -- rumors about the Borgias of renaissance Italy, and here Dumas, author of such classics as THE THREE MUSKETEERS, in his Celebrated Crimes series, dishes up the dirt in all its ugly glory. This book was not written for children. Dumas has minced no words in describing the violent scenes of a violent time. In some instances facts appear distorted out of their true perspective, and in others the author makes unwarranted charges. The careful, mature reader -- for whom the books are intended -- will recognize and allow for this fact. From 1839 to 1841, Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. He featured Beatrice Cenci, Martin Guerre, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as more recent events and criminals, including the cases of the alleged murderers Karl Ludwig Sand and Antoine FranCois Desrues, who were executed.
El vizconde de Bragelonne (2 tomos)
Alexandre Dumas
El vizconde de Bragelonne es el fin de la trilogía creada por Alejandro Dumas, iniciada por Los tres mosqueteros, que gira en torno a las hazañas de su célebre personaje D'Artagnan y sus compinches Athos, Porthos y Aramis. Aunque esta última novela no posee la frescura de la primera parte, donde los héroes eran treinta años más jóvenes, el mérito de esta obra es que podemos ver la evolución de cada uno de ellos de acuerdo a su edad y a las experiencias que han vivido.
Al igual que sus antecesoras, esta historia fue publicada por entregas en un diario parisino, entre marzo y julio de 1884, y desde entonces se convirtió en un éxito literario. La inspiración le vino a su autor de las memorias de un teniente capitán, llamado como su protagonista, escritas un siglo atrás. Motivado por el interés de su época por la historia de su país, Francia, Dumas creó una saga, casi épica, que se convertiría en una de las de mayor trascendencia de la literatura universal.
El conde de Montecristo: Ilustrado (Spanish Edition)
Alexandre Dumas
El Conde de Montecristo se terminó de escribir en 1844, y fue publicado en una serie de 18 partes durante los dos años siguientes. Está considerada como la mejor obra de Alejandro Dumas. Se trata de una historia enrevesada con multitud de personajes, giros sorprendentes en la trama y moraleja final, al más puro estilo folletín, género en el que Dumas era un genio. La historia gira entorno a la venganza de Edmundo Dantés. Dantés vive en Marsella y ve como el futuro le sonríe con un ascenso a capitán y un matrimonio feliz a la vista. Pero a causa de los celos y la ambición de otros, Villefort, Fernand y Danglars, es acusado de traición y enviado a la fortaleza de If, isla prisión de la que es imposible escapar vivo. Durante diez años Dantés está recluido en la isla, olvidado de todos. En su desesperación piensa en dejarse morir de hambre, pero el contacto con otro prisionero, el abate Faria, le da esperanzas; el abate piensa escapar cavando un túnel y Edmundo decide ayudarlo. Antes de que el túnel esté acabado Faria muere, confesando un último secreto a Dantés, la ubicación de un inmenso tesoro. Edmundo consigue escapar haciéndose pasar por el cadáver de Faria y se lanza a la búsqueda del tesoro que le permitirá comenzar su venganza tras sobrevivir a un encierro inhumano e injusto. Así empieza un periplo en que, actuando como un dios de la justicia, premia a los que le ayudaron y castiga a los traidores, escondido tras la identidad del Conde de Montecristo. Traición, amor, venganza, riqueza, maquinaciones, turbios personajes, identidades secretas y secretos oscuros… ¿quién puede pedir más?
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100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 1]
Alexandre Dumas
This 1st volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last Alcott, Louisa Little Women Austen, Pride and Prejudice Austen, Emma Balzac, Honoré Father Goriot Barbusse, The Inferno Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Jane Eyre Brontë, Wuthering Heights Burroughs, Edgar Tarzan of the Apes Butler, The Way of All Flesh Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Cather, My Ántonia Cervantes, Miguel Don Quixote Chopin, The Awakening Cleland, Fanny Hill Collins, The Moonstone Conrad, Heart of Darkness Conrad, Nostromo Cooper, James The Last of the Mohicans Crane, The Red Badge of Courage Cummings, E. The Enormous Room Defoe, Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Moll Flanders Dickens, Bleak House Dickens, Great Expectations Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky, The Idiot Doyle, Arthur The Hound of the Baskervilles Dreiser, Sister Carrie Dumas, The Three Musketeers Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo Eliot, Middlemarch Fielding, Tom Jones Flaubert, Madame Bovary Flaubert, Sentimental Education Ford, Ford The Good Soldier Forster, E. A Room With a View Forster, E. Howards End Gaskell, North and South Goethe, Johann Wolfgang The Sorrows of Young Werther Gogol, Dead Souls Gorky, The Mother Haggard, H. King Solomon's Mines Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter The Odyssey Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hugo, Les Misérables Huxley, Crome Yellow James, The Portrait of a Lady
La mano del muerto
Alexandre Dumas
La mano del muerto es la soberbia continuación y conclusión de la má famosa obra de Dumas (El Conde de Montecristo). Recordemos que en el Conde de Montecristo Edmundo Dantés consuma su venganza contra todos aquellos que arruinaron su vida, sus amores y lo condenaron a sufrir presidio en el famoso penal de la isla de If.
En esta obra será Benedetto, hijo de una de las víctimas (a quien la venganza de Edmundo llevó a su muerte), el que ahora profana la tumba de su padre, le corta al cadaver una mano - La Mano del Muerto - y jura tomar venganza sobre el Conde de Montecristo...
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne I
Alexandre Dumas
Elle vit les yeux humides du roi, son front pâle, ses lèvres convulsives, et s'écria avec un accent que rien ne pourrait rendre :
« Oh ! sire, vous êtes roi, vous pleurez, et je pars ! »
Le roi, pour toute réponse, cacha son visage dans son mouchoir.
L'officier poussa comme un rugissement qui effraya les deux chevaux.
Mlle de Mancini, indignée, quitta le roi et remonta précipitamment dans son carrosse en criant au cocher :
« Partez, partez vite ! »
Le cocher obéit, fouetta ses chevaux, et le lourd carrosse s'ébranla sur ses essieux criards, tandis que le roi de France, seul, abattu, anéanti, n'osait plus regarder ni devant ni derrière lui.
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne II
Alexandre Dumas
Fouquet se leva troublé à son tour.
« Voyons, dit-il, voyons : vous avez parlé de renverser des rois, de les remplacer par d'autres rois. Dieu me pardonne ! mais voilà, si je ne suis fous, ce que vous avez dit tout à l'heure.
- Vous n'êtes pas fou, et j'ai véritablement dit cela tout à l'heure.
- Et pourquoi l'avez-vous dit ?
- Parce que l'on peut parler ainsi de trônes renversés et de rois créés, quand on est soi-même au-dessus de rois et des trônes... de ce monde.
- Alors vous êtes tout-puissant ? s'écria Fouquet.
- Je vous l'ai dit et je vous le répète », répondit Aramis l'œil brillant et la lèvre frémissante.
Fouquet se rejeta sur son fauteuil et laissa tomber sa tête dans ses mains.
Aramis le regarda un instant comme eût fait l'ange des destinées humaines à l'égard d'un simple mortel.
The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
In 1844, Alexandre Dumas published The Three Musketeers, a novel so famous and still so popular today that it scarcely needs introduction. Shortly thereafter he wrote a sequel, Twenty Years After. Later, toward the end of his career, Dumas wrote The Red Sphinx, another direct sequel to The Three Musketeers that begins a mere twenty days afterward. Picking up right where the The Three Musketeers left off, The Red Sphinx continues the stories of Cardinal Richelieu, Queen Anne, and King Louis XIII—and introduces a charming new hero, the Comte de Moret, a real historical figure from the period. Dumas wrote seventy-five chapters of The Red Sphinx, but never quite finished it and the novel languished for almost a century. While Dumas never completed the book, he had earlier written a separate novella, The Dove, that recounts the final adventures of Moret and Cardinal Richelieu. Now for the first time in one cohesive narrative, The Red Sphinx and The Dove make a complete and satisfying storyline—a rip-roaring novel of historical adventure, heretofore unknown to English-language readers, by the great Alexandre Dumas, king of the swashbucklers
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Heron Classics) [The Collection #16]
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.
Hrabia Monte Christo. Tom 2
Alexandre Dumas
Hrabia Monte Christo. Tom 2
Hrabia Monte Christo. Część 1
Alexandre Dumas
Genialne dzieło Dumasa to wciąż niedościgniony pierwowzór opowieści o wielkiej intrydze, sile zemsty, potędze przyjaźni i triumfie człowieka w walce o honor.
Dzieje niezwykłych losów oficera marynarki, Edmunda Dantesa, poznajemy w momencie wpłynięcia do Marsylii trójmasztowca „Faraon”, na którym objął on, po śmierci dowódcy, stanowisko kapitana. Wydaje się, że przed młodym człowiekiem rozpościera się teraz pasmo sukcesów, szczególnie że czeka też na niego ukochana Mercedes, z którą wkrótce ma wziąć ślub. Niestety, tuż przed swoją śmiercią dowódca poprosił Edmunda, by ten dostarczył do Paryża pewne dokumenty, które podczas rejsu zostały zabrane z Elby, gdzie uwięziony był Napoleon.
Ten fakt pomaga zazdrosnym o jego sukcesy ludziom napisać donos, w wyniku którego Edmund trafia na lata do więzienia w twierdzy If. Okrucieństwo wyrządzone Dantesowi przez tych, których miał za przyjaciół, odebrało mu miłość, wolność i naiwną radość życia. Mroczne lochy twierdzy If zabiły łatwowiernego młodzieńca, ale jednocześnie uformowały człowieka świadomego i uwolniły wielkiego konstruktora misternego planu oddania sprawiedliwości tak wobec wrogów, jak i przyjaciół, wedle ich zasług i przewinień.
Hrabia Monte Christo wyrusza zatem szlakiem zemsty z portu Marsylia.
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