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'people get out of prison, and when they get out, and their name is Edmond Dants, they take their revenge!' Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dants is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Château d'If. Having endured years of incarceration, he stages a daring and dramatic escape and sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo, and to catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge. Believing himself to be an 'Angel of Providence', Dants pursues his vengeance to the bitter end, only then realizing that he himself is a victim of fate. One of the great thrillers of all time, The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted for film and television many times. This newly revised, unabridged translation is as unputdownable now as it was when the novel first appeared, and William Thackeray, enthralled, 'began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night'.

Imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Edmond Dantès spends 14 bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works he uses all he has learned during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge that will bring punishment to those he holds responsible for his fate. No longer the naïve sailor who disappeared into the dark fortress all those years ago, he reinvents himself as the charming, mysterious, and powerful Count of Monte Cristo.

One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began with The Three Musketeers, and it is here that Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and their friend d'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies. This edition provides background information and notes crucial to an understanding of the legend and the novel's setting.

Classic / British English D'Artagnan wants to be a musketeer. He wants to fight for his king and his country. But the Queen has a problem with the Cardinal, so d'Artagnan and his new friends have to help her. The Cardinal is a very dangerous man. Who will win? Who will lose? And who will die?

V roce 1840 byla ve Francii zatčena pro vraždu Charlese Pouch-Lafarge mladá krásná žena Marie Capelle, kterou vinili z toho, že pár měsíců po svatbě otrávila svého manžela arzenem. Její záhadný příběh tehdejší pařížskou společnost rozvášnil a rozdělil. Alexandre Dumas byl mezi těmi, kdo proces sledovali velmi podrobně, neboť se s paní Lafarge a celým aristokratickým světem osobně znal. Důvěrná znalost detailů, syrové materiály z dobového tisku a Mariiny intimní vzpomínky z vězeňské cely, to vše se stalo podkladem Dumasova posledního díla, jeho jediného románu ze současnosti, jehož vydání se však nedožil. Půldruhého století ztracený rukopis byl vydán teprve v roce 2005 a stal se literární senzací Francie. Nyní se dostává do rukou i českým čtenářům.

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D'Artagnan quitte sa terre natale pour chercher fortune Paris. Son rve est de devenir mousquetaire du roi. Il devient bientôt l'ami inséparable des mousquetaires Athos, Porthos et Aramis, avec lesquels il vivra des aventures inoubliables.

The last cavalier is Count de Sainte-Hermine, Hector, whose elder brothers and father have fought and died for the Royalist cause during the French Revolution. For three years Hector has been languishing in prison when, in 1804, on the eve of Napoleon's coronation as emperor of France he learns what is to be his due. Stripped of his title, denied the honour of his family name as well as the hand of the woman he loves, he is freed by Napoleon on the condition that he serves in the imperial forces. So it is in profound despair that Hector embarks on a succession of daring escapades as he courts death fearlessly. Yet again and again he wins glory - against brigands, bandits, the British, boa constrictors, sharks, tigers and crocodiles. At the Battle of Trafalgar it is his bullet that fells Nelson. But however far his adventures take him - from Burma's jungles to the wilds of Ireland - his destiny lies always with his father's enemy, Napoleon.

The activities in Dominoes keep students engaged in the stories and help to reinforce their understanding of the key language. They can be completed at home or in class. The project activities in Dominoes build on the themes from the story and encourage s

Romeo und Julia in Paris Marguerite liebt Armand, einen jungen Mann aus den besten Pariser Kreisen. Als ihr von seinem Vater vorgehalten wird, sie stehe dem Glück Armands im Wege, beugt sie sich den Forderungen der Gesellschaft, die keine ehemalige Kurtisane in ihren Reihen dulden will. An der Wende von der Romantik zum Realismus entstand die ergreifende Geschichte der hochherzigen Kokotte, die aus Liebe ihrer Liebe entsagt. "Dumas verpackt in seine Geschichte subtile Kritik an einer Gesellschaft, die mehr Wert auf Abstammung und Besitz legt als auf den Menschen selbst." NZZ am Sonntag "In der leichtfüßigen, eleganten Prosa zeigt sich Dumas' Klasse." Berliner Literaturkritik

Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dis persed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cro ss swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil. In his Introduction to this edition David Coward sets both the author and his ex citing tale in their historical and cultural contexts.

It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. D'Artagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon he learns that his old comrades already have great projects in hand. Athos seeks the restoration of Charles II, while Aramis, with Porthos in tow, has a secret plan involving a masked prisoner and the fortification of the island of Belle-Ile. D'Artagnan finds a thread leading him to the French court, the banks of the Tyne, the beaches of Holland, and the dunes of Brittany. The Vicomte de Bragelonne opens an epic adventure which continues with Louise de la Valliere and reaches its climax in The Man in the Iron Mask. This new edition of the classic translation is fully annotated, and an introduction sets Dumas's saga in its historical and cultural context.

Edmond Dantes is a young seaman. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, jealous enemies have him arrested and thrown into prison. There he meets an old man who tells him about the treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Can Edmond escape from prison and get his revenge on his enemies?

Der romantischste Held der Literaturgeschichte. Edmond Dantès ist neunzehn, als er - unschuldig - seiner Liebe beraubt, verhaftet und in das Inselgefängnis des Château d'If geworfen wird. Vierzehn Jahre später gelingt ihm die Flucht im Leichensack seines

Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren. University of Kent at Canterbury 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 power struggle that may undermine the young Louis XIV and change the face of the French monarchy. In the fast-paced narrative style that was his trademark, Dumas pitches us straight into the action. What is the secret shared by Aramis and Madame de Chevreuse? Why does the Queen Mother fear its revelation? Who is the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille? And what is the nature of the threat he poses? Dumas, the master storyteller, keeps us reading until the climactic scene in the grotto of Locmaria, a fitting conclusion to the epic saga of the musketeers.