Twenty Years After - Couverture souple

Dumas, Alexandre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192830740 ISBN 13 : 9780192830746

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1993

Synopsis

"Twenty Years After" (1845), is the sequel to "The Three Musketeers", Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve and dispersed 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 cross 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 exciting tale in their historical and cultural contexts. Coward has translated Dumas fils' "La Dame aux Camelias", and two selections from Guy de Maupassant: "A Day in the Country and Other Stories" and "Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories". He has also edited Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "The Man in the Iron Mask" and "The Black Tulip".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 dispersed 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 cross 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 exciting tale in their historical and cultural contexts. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alexandre Dumas (1802 – 1870) demonstrated his propensity for literature early on, despite the lack of education and wealth he received as a result of his father's early death when Dumas was four. Dumas had his first play, Henry III and His Courts, produced in 1829 and was immediately met with widespread acclaim. Following the end of press censorship in France, Dumas began first writing novels, eventually founding a production studio, allowing him to publish hundreds of stories penned by a staff of writers under his guidance. Although he was married in 1840, he was said to have had around forty affairs, including one with the highest paid American actress at the time, Adah Isaacs Menken. During the election of Napoléon Bonaparte, he had to leave France and lived in Belgium, Russia and Italy before returning to Paris thirteen years later and lived there until his death in 1870. Dumas rarely addressed his African ancestry but when insulted because of it, famously replied,

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192830740
• ISBN 13: 9780192830746
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 872
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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