Alexandre Dumas: 1659 books

Louis XVIII rétabli sur le trône se heurte à une opposition dont l'Empereur, relégué à l'île d'Elbe, songe déjà à profiter. Dans Marseille livrée à la discorde civile, le moment est propice aux règlements de comptes politiques ou privés. C'est ainsi que le marin Edmond Dantès, à la veille...

Louis XVIII rétabli sur le trône se heurte à une opposition dont l'Empereur, relégué à l'île d'Elbe, songe déjà à profiter. Dans Marseille livrée à la discorde civile, le moment est propice aux règlements de comptes politiques ou privés. C'est ainsi que le marin Edmond Dantès, à la veille...

Louis XVIII rétabli sur le trône se heurte à une opposition dont l'Empereur, relégué à l'île d'Elbe, songe déjà à profiter. Dans Marseille livrée à la discorde civile, le moment est propice aux règlements de comptes politiques ou privés. C'est ainsi que le marin Edmond Dantès, à la veille...

Louis XVIII rétabli sur le trône se heurte à une opposition dont l'Empereur, relégué à l'île d'Elbe, songe déjà à profiter. Dans Marseille livrée à la discorde civile, le moment est propice aux règlements de comptes politiques ou privés. C'est ainsi que le marin Edmond Dantès, à la veille...

El conde de Montecristo (1844) es, en principio, la historia de una venganza. Edmond Dantès es un joven marino que, en el día de su compromiso con la bella Mercedes, es víctima de un complot y encarcelado en el castillo de If, de donde no deberá salir jamás. Gracias al abate Faria, a quien conoce...

"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang" Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes 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,...

All for one and one for all! That’s the rallying cry of the Musketeers—guards of the French King—and the call to adventure for young readers enjoying their first taste of Dumas’ classic swashbuckler. Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and the not-quite-yet Musketeer D’Artagnan use their wits and their...

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 strategems...

Del 'Ciclo dei moschettieri', questo è il romanzo centrale. Pubblicato a puntate sulla rivista 'Le Siècle' nel 1845, prende inizio naturalmente da vent'anni dopo la fine de 'I tre moschettieri' e mantiene lo stile brioso e la capacità di incollare il lettore alle pagine tipica del miglior Dumas....

One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began with The Three Musketeers, and it is here that Athos,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: First serialized from January to August, 1845, Twenty Years After is the second book in The D’Artagnan Romances, and follows the gallant adventures of the musketeers, as they are once again...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: 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...

The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational...

Ambientato nella Francia della Restaurazione e della monarchia di Luigi Filippo, Il conte di Montecristo è la storia di un'ingiustizia subita, riscattata da una vendetta portata alle sue estreme conseguenze. È anche una storia di onnipotenza: Edmond Dantès, vittima innocente dell'invidia dei suoi...