Alexandre Dumas: 1659 books

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, a été relu et corrigé.  Extrait: I Un fils de comte et une fille de roi C’était le 5 mai de l’année 1551. Un jeune homme de dix-huit ans et une femme de quarante, sortant d’une petite...

Lorsque Franz revint à lui, les objets extérieurs semblaient une seconde partie de son rêve ; il se crut dans un sépulcre où pénétrait à peine, comme un regard de pitié, un rayon de soleil ; il étendit la main et sentit de la pierre...

On the left bank of the Rhine, near the spot where the Selz rivulet springs forth, the foothill ranges rise of many mountains, of which the bristling humps seem to rush northerly like herds of frightened buffaloes, disappearing in the haze. These mountains tower over a deserted region, forming a guard...

It was on the first of October, 1791, that the new Legislative Assembly was to be inaugurated over France. King Louis XVI., captured with Queen Marie Antoinette and the royal family, while attempting to escape from the kingdom and join his brothers and the other princes abroad, was held in...

Edmond Dantes thinks life is grand until he is arrested and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Upon his ill-gotten freedom, and armed with the map to find a vast and endless treasure, Edmond embarks on an adventure to redeem his honor and seek vengeance for the long years he suffered locked...

Edmond Dantes thinks life is grand until he is arrested and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Upon his ill-gotten freedom, armed with the map to find a vast and endless treasure, Edmond embarks on an adventure to redeem his honor and seek vengeance for the long years he suffered locked away...

In the Musketeers’ final adventure, D’Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Meanwhile, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask wastes away deep inside the Bastille. When the destinies of king and prisoner...

Il romanzo racconta la travagliata storia d’amore di Armand Duval, giovane di buona famiglia, con Marguerite Gautier, bella e famosa mantenuta parigina. Il giovane si innamora di Marguerite scoprendo ben presto che l’amore di Marguerite è in vendita: il suo aspetto da gran dama è dato dai soldi...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : Since Aramis’s singular transformation into a confessor of the order, Baisemeaux was no longer the same man. Up to that period, the place which Aramis had held in the worthy governor’s...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : During all these long and noisy debates between the opposite ambitions of politics and love, one of our characters, perhaps the one least deserving of neglect, was, however, very much...

Marguerite Gautier, vom Luxus verwöhnte Mätresse zahlungskräftiger Herren der Gesellschaft, lernt mit dem jungen Armand Duval die echte Liebe kennen. Um seinetwillen ist sie bereit, ihr unmoralisches Leben aufzugeben, um mit ihm ein einfaches Leben auf dem Lande zu beginnen. Wäre da nur nicht Armands Vater, der um die Familienehre fürchtet ... (Quelle: Wikipedia)

Derues and La Constantine" is based upon a series of historical records. An intimate knowledge of history is provided in these pages. The factors that led to major crimes in European history are discussed. The work gives an insight into the individual and collective workings of the people's minds.

One of the best-loved adventures of all time. When young D'Artagnan comes to Paris to seek his fortune, he is challenged to a duel with not one, but three of the king's Musketeers. But Athos, Porthos and Aramis become his trusted friends as he tries to prove himself worthy of becoming a fourth Musketeer.