Alexandre Dumas

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The Son of Monte Cristo, Volume I (of II) by Alexandre Dumas, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, War & Military

Beschreibung

THE COUNT IS BACK! In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations. But Dantes' enemies had him imprisoned in the dungeons of Château D'If. In prison, Dantes met and befriended an Italian abbé who educated him and then, in death, helped him escape with a fabulous secret of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Rich and posing as the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returned with a beautiful companion named Haidee to destroy those who ruined his life. In this sequel, the story continues. Starting in the midst of the action of Count, Son of Monte Cristo starts dramatically with the arrival of the Count of Monte Cristo at the wedding of Eugenie Danglars, daughter of Dantes enemy, and the Italian Count Andrea Cavalcanti. One of the Dantes enemies, a former galley-slave named Caderouse, had been killed in a burglary at the Count of Monte Cristo. At the wedding the Count reveals that Andrea Cavalcanti was the murderer -- and is reality a criminal named Benedetto. Benedetto flees -- but not without a hefty portion of Eugenie's dowry in his pockets! After his revenge, the Count of Monte Cristo married Haidee. Now, he has a son named Spero. New adventures await him as he must fight against the wiles of the notorious bandit, Benedetto, who has returned to wreak his own revenge!

Autor

French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils is best known for his romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), published in 1848. Giuseppe Verdi adapted it into his opera La traviata (The Fallen Woman), which debuted in 1853. Other notable works by Dumas fils include a number of stage and film adaptations, which are usually titled Camille in English-language adaptations. The playwright Alexandre Dumas père ("father"), the author of classic works including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, was the father of Dumas fils (French for "son"). Dumas fils received the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 1894 after being accepted into the Académie française (French Academy) in 1874. The illegitimate child of tailor Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay (1794-1868) and novelist Alexandre Dumas, Dumas was born in Paris, France. His father gave him official recognition in 1831 and made sure the young Dumas attended the Collège Bourbon and the Institution Goubaux for the greatest education available. The elder Dumas was then permitted by law to remove the child from his mother. The younger Dumas was driven to write about sad female characters by her anguish.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aegypan
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781606643389
• ISBN-10: 160664338X
• Artikelnr.: 26052806