Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo, Volume V (of V) by Alexandre Dumas, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, War & Military

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Produktbeschreibung

THE FINAL REVENGE Is the Count of Monte Cristo's revenge sweet? With great expectations, the young sailor Edmond Dantes returned to Marseilles France in 1815. 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. Dantes worked hard to ruin Danglars, his former shipmate and Fernand who stole his fiancé Mercedes from him. The end of his enemies will indeed be welcome. But what of the lovers Valentine and Maximilian from the generation untainted by the one that betrayed him? What plans did the Count of Monte Cristo have for them?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aegypan
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9781606643372
• ISBN-10: 1606643371
• Artikelnr.: 26049930

Autorenporträt

Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870), was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris. The English playwright Watts Phillips, who knew Dumas in his later life, described him as "the most generous, large-hearted being in the world. He also was the most delightfully amusing and egotistical creature on the face of the Earth. His tongue was like a windmill - once set in motion, you never knew when he would stop, especially if the theme was himself."