A daring prison break. Swashbuckling romance. Betrayal and redemption. Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo--a best-seller since its initial publication--has it all: colorful writing, plus adventure, suspense, and vivid details of lif in post-Napoleonic France.
Luc Sante is the author of "Low Life,[...]
Rousing, big, spirited, its action sweeping across oceans and continents, its hero gloriously indomitable, the last novel of Alexandre Dumas lost for 125 years in the archives of the National Library in Paris completes the oeuvre that Dumas imagined at the outset of his literary career.Indeed, the s[...]
This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally. The book gives special attention to recent economic development and urbanisation in the People's Republic o[...]
Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Audiobook for each title is paced for students to follow the text word-for-word and include two audio CDs--more[...]
Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Audiobook for each title is paced for students to follow the text word-for-word and include two audio CDs--more[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'Twenty Years After' from the bestselling edition of 'The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with supe[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' from the bestselling edition of 'The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted wi[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'Marguerite de Valois' from the bestselling edition of 'The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with su[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'The Forty-Five Guardsmen' from the bestselling edition of 'The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted wit[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'Robin Hood the Outlaw' from the bestselling edition of 'The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with s[...]
A year after the publication of The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas produced a sequel worthy in every respect of the original. In Twenty Years After the much beloved D'Artaganan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis reunite to fight the forces of evil. In the original novel they defeated Milady, a formidable[...]
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas' celebrated foursome of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on, the bonds of comradeship are under strain as they end up on different sides in a [...]
On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dantes, master mariner, is arrested in Marseille on trumped-up charges and spirited away to the cellars of the Chateau d'If, an impregnable sea fortress in which he is imprisoned indefinitely. Escaping from the chateau by a series of daring manoeuvres, he unearths a[...]
"The Three Musketeers" has proved enduringly popular for more than a century and a half. Inspiration for many a movie and TV adaptation, this swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honour and derring-do, set in France during the 1620s, is satisfyingly peopled with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, ki[...]
A historical romance, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King's Musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville, the four defend the honour[...]