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The Count plays a dangerous game, turning his dark arts to the destruction of these powerful men, and even their innocent children are caught up in his byzantine schemes. Will the innocent perish along with the guilty? And what of Edmond Dantes? Will he find redemption, or will he be swept up and destroyed by the very forces he has invoked?

In Volume Four, Dumas relates the 1819 murder of German dramatist August von Kotzebue by Karl Ludwig Sand, the campaign to destroy Father Urbain Grandier in 1634, who was successfully convicted of witchcraft and put to a brutal death, and the consequences of the amorous relationship between the prince of Brancaleone and Nisida.

"En för alla, alla för en!" Alexandre Dumas klassiska äventyrsroman, "De tre musketörerna", handlar om den modige ynglingen D'Artagnan som kommer till Paris för att bli musketör. De tre musketörerna Athos, Portos och Aramis korsar D'Artagnans väg och tillsammans dras de in i maktens intriger. D'Artagnan blir häftigt förälskad i en förtjusande hovdam medan konflikten med England och den lömska kardinal Richelieu lurar i bakgrunden.

Another strange tale by Alexandre Dumas is as spooky as it is remarkable, in that it is impossible to tell where it's going at any given point. It progresses in leaps and bounds, and you shall understand the fully intended pun when you listen to it.

This volume relates the stories of the Borgias and the Cenci. The former, a family of Spanish adventurers, came to dominate the Italian peninsula, and, when Rodergio Borgia became Pope Alexander VI, the world of Christendom, in the late 15th century. The Cenci was an aristocratic family, in which rampant sexual and domestic abuse led to murder and very public execution.

C'est le récit de l'éducation érotique et sexuelle d'une jeune fille de 15 ans.

The Three Musketeers is a swashbuckling adventure in which the king of France's guards swear by the motto "All for one and one for all" and follow it with the utmost commitment. The Musketeers find themselves having a whole host of adventures, which serve as a training period for the young D'Argtagnan, who has always dreamed of a life with the Musketeers after hearing of them as a little boy. Fun and excitement for all the family, brilliantly read by Jonathan Hyde.

Pierrot is one of Alexandre Dumas' stranger tales, a delightful mishmash of humor, adventure, satire, and poignancy. While presented as a children's tale, it has plenty of layers making it a satisfying story for grownups as well.

Ce roman présente un portrait idéalisé de la reine Marie-Antoinette mais il montre aussi la "folie" de la haute noblesse à cette époque...

"È da una galoppata in senso stretto che ha origine la fortuna della 'Signora delle camelie' e, successivamente, della 'Traviata' di Giuseppe Verdi. Un giorno di settembre del 1844, infatti, di ritorno da una passeggiata a cavallo Alexandre Dumas figlio si recò al teatro parigino dei Variétés, frequentato soprattutto da 'un'aristocrazia della galanteria' composta perlopiù da giovani mantenute e dai loro ricchi protettori. In quel variegato ambiente, quella sera, Dumas figlio incontrò la donna che avrebbe segnato la sua vita e la sua fortuna di romanziere.

Edmond Dantès, an innocent young sailor, falls into despair when he is arrested on a false charge of treason and thrown into prison without a trial. He learns of his friends' betrayal from the Abbé Faria, an equally innocent prisoner, and plots his revenge following a daring, if nightmarish escape from the Chateau d'If. After becoming a wealthy man, he assumes the guise of the urbane Count of Monte-Cristo and begins to entrap his enemies one by one.

Auf einem alten Klepper, mit fünfzehn Talern und den guten Ratschlägen seines Vaters macht sich der junge d'Artagnan auf den Weg nach Paris. Dort duelliert er sich mit drei Musketieren des König und gewinnt so ihre Freundschaft. Als der bei Hofe einflussreiche Kardinal Richelieu gegen die Königin intrigiert, ruft diese die Musketiere zu Hilfe.

The story of "The Three Musketeers" continues in "The Man in the Iron Mask" but the plot is even more intricate. D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis return to the scene but this time each of them is fighting for completely different things. D’Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV while his "brothers" try to remove him from the throne.

El castillo de Eppstein, una novela escrita en el más puro estilo gótico que hacía furor en el siglo xix con sus imprescindibles dosis de secretos familiares, maquiavélicos villanos, doncellas en peligro, amores apasionados y espectros vengadores. Una macabra leyenda pesa sobre la familia Eppstein desde tiempos inmemoriales: todas las mujeres que mueren en el castillo la noche del 24 de diciembre no encuentran el reposo eterno y regresan del más allá para atormentar a sus moradores. Y Albina, la bella esposa del malvado conde Maximiliano, no será una excepción.

Esta obra se suele considerar como el mejor trabajo de Dumas, y a menudo se incluye en las listas de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos. La historia tiene lugar en Francia, Italia y varias islas del Mediterráneo durante los hechos históricos de 1814-1838 (los Cien Días del gobierno de Napoleón I, el reinado de Luis XVIII de Francia, de Carlos X de Francia y el reinado de Luis Felipe I de Francia). Trata sobre todo temas asociados a la justicia, la venganza, la piedad y el perdón, y está contada en el estilo de una historia de aventuras.

Two classic tales of high adventure, abridged, adapted, and thrillingly narrated by Jim Weiss! Travel to long-ago times of heroism and adventure in France and England, in these two classic stories that the whole family will enjoy. Violence is downplayed and the characters in the two swashbuckling stories are portrayed as humans with thoughts and feelings. Adapted and performed by master storyteller Jim Weiss.

The Queen's Necklace is historical fiction based on an actual scandal in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during 1784-85, "The Diamond Necklace Affair". The Diamond Necklace Affair contributed to the discrediting of the Marie Antoinette and the monarchy of Louis XVI prior to the French Revolution. The backdrop is the rebellious state of the French people due in part to adverse weather and crop failures affecting the food supply and price of bread during the 1780s, contrasted to the extravagance of the French monarchy. The Queen's Necklace is the 3rd novel in the Marie Antoinette ...

Un des premiers romans d'Alexandre Dumas, "Pauline" s'inscrit dans la veine gothique du début du XIXème siècle annonçant le futur "Comte de Monté-Christo". Qui est cette élégante et pâle jeune femme que l'on croise en compagnie d'Alfred de Nerval, cet amoureux silencieux qui la protège comme un frère ? C'est ce que le narrateur nous fait découvrir au cours de ce récit empreint de romantisme dans un décor médiéval, une abbaye en ruine, des passages secrets.

Is it really a woman of your superiority who speaks of the proprieties of society? Are not women like you above all that? Was I to come delicately and hypocritically to offer your husband the sum he stood in need of? That is a course that would have been unworthy of him, of me, and of you. No, you know it well, the proprieties and dignity are nothing any longer, when passion or necessity predominates. Did your grandmother respect the dignity of her daughter when she gave her up to a prince? - Summary by From the Play Cast list: John de Hun: John Burlinson Nourvady: Kristin Gjerløw Godler: K. ...

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