Dumas: 1919 books

Amaury by Alexandre Dumas.

TAKING THE BASTILE OR PITOU THE PEASANT A HISTORICAL STORY OF THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION. BY ALEXANDER DUMAS Translated By Henry Llewellyn Williams.   TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I.     THE SON OF GILBERT. CHAPTER...

The Mesmerist's Victim (or The Countess de Charnay) was originally published in 1853 and is the 4th of 5 books in the Marie Antoinette romances by Alexandre Dumas.

The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos...

Set in Dagestan in the middle of the Caucasian War, "The Ball of Snow" follows the story of Iskander as he is tasked with an impossible mission to achieve for the well-being of Derbent. Fighting with brigands and dilemmas, Iskander shows the complexity of an unbending Caucasus where tradition...

The story follows Dumas' general formula of problems with the rich aristocracy and nobility in France. Interesting twist as a finish.

This book is filled with romance, adventure, glamour, royalty, intrigue, misfortune, humor, history, everything you would expect dumas.

Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent scenes of a violent time. The first volume comprises the annals of the Borgias and the Cenci. The name of the noted and notorious Florentine family has...

The tale of Roland de Montrevel and his family is interwined wonderfully with the ride of Napoleon and the internal strife of France immediately after the terror. Dumas has woven a nice web of deceit, love, and honor amidst the bygone era of gentlemen.

Roman d'Alexandre Dumas publié en 1839, Aventures De John Davys fait partie de la littérature classique à lire et relire.

Le roi entra dans ses appartements d’un pas rapide. Peut-être Louis XIV marchait-il si vite pour ne pas chanceler. Il laissait derrière lui comme la trace d’un deuil mystérieux.

Dans les deux textes présentés ici, Alexandre Dumas raconte ses débuts au théâtre. Le premier : Comment je devins auteur dramatique, a paru, le 20 décembre 1833, dans La Revue des Deux Mondes. Il figurera ensuite, comme préface du Théâtre complet de l'écrivain. Le second est un chapitre...

«Paulina» é a comovente história de uma jovem condessa, bela e rica, que cruza o seu destino com um homem que lhe rouba a inocência e a obriga a desistir da sua juventude, da sua família, da sua pátria e da sua própria identidade. --...

Helena julgava-se órfã e vivia num convento, protegida pelas simpáticas religiosas. Gastão é um jovem nobre, sem família e com o coração envolto em desejos de vingança. Quando conhece a bela Helena apaixona-se perdidamente e é correspondido....