Alexandre Dumas

Le capitaine Paul (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inspiré de John Paul Johns, capitaine de marine, héros de la guerre d’Indépendance américaine, Le Capitaine Paul est à la fois roman historique, récit d’aventures maritimes et mélodrame sur la quête des origines. Bâtard magnifique remettant en question les rigidités du Vieux Monde et faisant triompher le droit naturel contre le pouvoir légal, Paul Jones incarne le mariage réussi des origines françaises et de l’idéal américain, et la réconciliation des valeurs aristocratiques et démocratiques. Superbe hommage du romantisme aux Lumières, le roman traduit les déchirements d’une génération écartelée entre le monde d’avant la Révolution et celui d’après. Il témoigne aussi du génie de l’auteur à mêler les genres pour inventer une forme nouvelle. Le mélange franco-américain incarne le pedigree dont rêve Dumas pour la France, mais aussi pour la littérature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Classica Libris
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2018
• Französisch
• ISBN-13: 9788829543021
• Artikelnr.: 54526049

Autorenporträt

Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 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. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was completed by a scholar and published in 2005, becoming a bestseller. It was published in English in 2008 as The Last Cavalier. 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 totaled 100,000 pages.