Alexandre Dumas: 1659 books

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...

Uno degli eroi più amati tra i paladini di fantasia venuti a galla all'interno della tradizione popolare europea, Robin Hood è anche tra i più celebri caratteri di tutti i tempi dal punto di vista storico, sociale e dei costumi. Grande difensore dei deboli e della giustizia, personaggio giusto,...

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo est un roman d’Alexandre Dumas, écrit avec la collaboration d’Auguste Maquet et achevé en 1844. Il est partiellement inspiré de faits réels, très lointainement empruntés à la vie de Pierre Picaud....

EXTRAIT: Vers le commencement du mois de mars de l’année 1841, je voyageais en Corse. Rien de plus pittoresque et de plus commode qu’un voyage en Corse : on s’embarque à Toulon ; en vingt heures, on est à Ajaccio, ou, en vingt-quatre heures, à Bastia. Là, on achète...

Vers le milieu du mois de mai de l'année 1660, à neuf heures du matin, lorsque le soleil déjà chaud séchait la rosée sur les ravenelles du château de Blois, une petite cavalcade, composée de trois hommes et de deux pages, rentra par le pont de la ville sans produire d'autre effet sur les promeneurs...

Un apprentissage du désert. Un apprentissage du désert par un voyageur dont le sens de l'observation est aiguisé par la rudesse des lieux. Les hyènes et les chacals sont à l'affût non seulement des dromadaires, mais aussi des hommes qui s'égarent ; la ligne suivie par la caravane est...

Un roman réaliste et romantique, suivi d’une anthologie sur les rapports entre roman et morale. Dans une édition spécialement conçue pour les lycéens. L’œuvre Dans le Paris demi-mondain du début du xixe siècle, où riches héritiers et femmes légères se côtoient, le jeune Armand...

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of all time. But the author, Alexandre Dumas, also adapted his novel into four riveting plays. Part Three: The Rise of Monte Cristo is set two decades after Edmond Dantès has been unjustly imprisoned in the Château d'If. Edmond has made...

This adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas tale tells the story of two brothers, born as Siamese twins, but separated not long after birth. They're raised by two different families, but are still able to "feel" the emotions of the other, even at a distance. On the island of Corsica they become entwined in...

"The War of Women" is an 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas. Set during the Fronde, the novel tells the story of naive Gascon soldier, Baron des Canolles, who is torn between love for two women.

"All I ever wanted was a man who wouldn't ask me questions" Across the foyer of a crowded theatre, a handsome young man catches sight of the most expensive prostitute in town. When they meet, a mutual obsession is ignited - one that tears both their worlds apart. Set amidst the glittering...

In 1844-45, while Alexandre Dumas was working on his two classic novels, The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, he found time to write a play called Sylvandire. A young provincial, Roger Tancred d'Anguilem, arrives in Paris to fight a legal battle for a huge inheritance. His opponent is...

Adapted by Alexandre Dumas from a script by Auguste Maquet, BATHILDA tells the story of a woman who's raped by Marcel, and becomes his lover for a time. After she leaves him and moves to Paris, she meets Deworde, her deceased spouse's nephew, and plans to marry him. But Marcel pursues her, determined...

Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d’If — doomed...