The Count of Monte Cristo is the story of Edmond Dantes, a man who is wrongfully accused of treason on his wedding day and sent to Le Chateau d'If, an island prison. There he meets another prisoner and finds out why he was framed, by whom, and learns of a treasure left on the Island of Monte-Cristo. Dantes escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His historical novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The...

The Black Tulip begins with the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis by a mob yet the story revolves around competition between the country's best gardeners to grow a black tulip and win 100,000. It is a story of intrigue and love and Dutch history and, a connection with a black tulip and the killing of the de Witt brothers. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His historical novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Corsican Brothers, and The Man in the Iron Mask."

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim's Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library

The Two Brothers is based on an Alexander Dumas (pere) fairy tale written during one of the two periods in which he wrote stories for children: 1832 to 1844 and 1852 to 1860. Between these two periods he wrote his great romantic novels, including The Three Musketeers (1844). In 1838 Dumas took a trip down the Rhine, absorbing the wondrous folk tales of that region, many of which live today in Wagner's operas. In 1839 he published The Adventures of Lyderic, which was packaged with The Two Brothers and published in 2008 by Groupe Privat/Le Rocher in their Collection Motifs as Motifs no. 315. In...

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Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure have been translated into nearly 100 languages and made into more than 200 movies. A very prolific author, Dumas's published works total more than 100,000 pages.

He died in 1870 and was buried in his birthplace of Villers-Cotterets. In 2002, the bicentennial of his birth, he was reinterred in the mausoleum of the Pantheon in Paris.

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, a classic literary tale of revenge, was first published in serial form in...

Lors d'une partie de chasse a Fontenay-aux-Roses, un jeune ecrivain, nomme Alexandre Dumas, rencontre un homme effare: une morte lui a parle Le maire du village, qui reunit chez lui d'etranges convives, affirme que cela est possible. L'histoire de sa vie en temoigne... Les tetes coupees survivent-elles a la decapitation ? La guillotine est-elle un supplice indolore ? Autant de questions que se posent les personnages, mi-fictifs, mi-reels, de ce recit a tiroirs. Recueil d'histoires fantastiques, pamphlet contre la peine de mort et debat scientifique, Les Mille et Un Fantomes interrogent le...

Roman meconnu, 'Les Freres corses' (1844) a fait l'objet de douze adaptations cinematographiques. C'est un texte court, bref roman, longue nouvelle. Deux jumeaux, le sauvage Lucien, qui choisit la tradition, c'est-a-dire la Corse, Louis, qui se francise, et se voit accuser de renier ses racines et vit a Paris. Louis mourra en victime expiatoire de sa double appartenance, a la Corse par sa naissance, a Paris par son engagement intellectuel: il meurt pour avoir soutenu les valeurs chevaleresques qui avaient cours dans son ile (l' honneur de la femme d'un ami). Malgre leur separation, les...

1793, annee noire. C'est le regne de la Terreur. L'ombre de l'echafaud plane sur Paris. Et celle du diable n'est pas loin... Il s'appelle Hoffmann. Il a quitte l'Allemagne pour monter a l'assaut de ses reves. Car il en est convaincu: le monde est un theatre et Paris est sa scene. Et si le decor avait un envers ? Pire que dans un conte Amours venales et veneneuses... Rencontres magiques et terrifiantes... Ivresse et folie du jeu A-t-il rencontre Arsene, la danseuse au collier de velours ? A-t-il deverse des flots d'or a ses pieds ? L'a-t-il bien vue dans la nuit, pleurant Danton, son amant...

Ecrit en 1840, Les Aventures de John Davys est l'un des premiers romans d'Alexandre Dumas. L'histoire se situe dans les annees 1810 durant les guerres napoleoniennes, non les champs de bataille de ces guerres mais la Turquie, et la Grece qui cherche a sortir du joug ottoman. John Davys, jeune Anglais petri de gloire, d'honneur, de fidelite, de justice et de courage embarquant a bord d'un vaisseau de guerre, est typique des heros de Dumas. Au cours d'aventures initiatiques mouvementees, il connait l'amitie, l'amour, l'injustice, la haine. D'autres personnages dumasiens sont presents: un...