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Redemption Through Love
Dumas' novel of passion, sacrifice and expiation provides typical 19th century French fare--a work which inspired Hollywood to produce classic B/W film versions.Here we have corrupt Paris at its most seductive, patronized by all levels, but formally scorned by High Society.Dumas presents the world of Courtesans--beautiful young women who survive by their wits and charms, "kept" in luxury by a succession of rich lovers.How do such women exist financially once their bloom has faded? Ah, consider the case of Mme Prudence Duvernoy. Many innocent young men have been lead astray and been ruined by gambling in order to procure their latest mistresses the required carriages, servants, gowns, jewels, and furniture.But CAMILLE (not her first name)proves more than a mere cautionary novel.

Readers will meet two narrators, plus the letters from Marguerite Gautier herself and a young friend named Julie.This was an age when young men wept openly and threw themselves into headlong passions--when caution and familial obligations rarely bowed to common sense.

At an estate auction the first narrator purchased a copy of MANON LESCAUT, autographed to Marguerite from her ardent lover, Armand Duval. When the wretched fellow seeks out and introduces himself to the compassionate purchaser, the two young men become friends. Ultimately it is Armand, returned too late for her funeral, who takes up the thread of the 2nd narration--willingly providing all the painful, shameful details of his liaison with the lovely courtesan who was dying of consumption--and a broken heart.

The title of CAMILLE refers to her floral penchant for wearing or appearing only with white camellias.Having viewed Marguerite in a box at a public performance Armand is instantly smitten, and presses his suit-- although she already has a rich lover and an elderly protector.In the course of this novel Armand and Marguerite fall deeply in love--she for the first time.Can love cleanse her of her tainted lifestyle? Will society accept the reformation of a notorious courtesan? Passion, jealousy, pique, emotional cruelty and psychological torture drip from these 170 pages.But Armand lives in a fool's paradise if he thinks he can flaunt the mores of his class-conscious world. Working behind the scenes his father isdesperate to save his son from social and financial ruin.Armand in life and Marguerite in death mistakenly trust their affairs to a faithless woman.

One underlying theme is that of redemption through love. The author incorporates many references to the Church and holy matters; gentle Julie hopes that God will forgive Marguerite greatly because she loved greatly. But is it enough?Will she be received into Heaven in return for her protracted physical suffering and mental anguish? You be the (merciful) judge!

Not your average couple
I was surprised how engaging this novel was.Having seen the 1930's movie based on this book with Greta Garbo (Maguerite) and a very youthful Robert Taylor (Armand) not to mention familiarity with Verdi's La Traviata which was also based on this book I thought I knew what was between these covers.Not so.Some of it was a bit over the top (It is French after all) but most of it was believable and emotionally honest.The hardest thing was to leave my preconceptions from the movie and opera behind and concentrate on the story.It is set in the mid 1800's in Paris and a young man who's finished his studies but who'd rather kick his heels up a little rather than settle into lawyering meets a beautiful young kept woman.He's entranced.After a little toing and froing she decides she likes him too.In fact she goes to quite a bit of personal trouble to make sure she's not a burden on him financially and then they leave Paris for the country to be together.Armand talks her into leaving her glamorous and many peopled Paris life behind and they have a short time to be a young couple in love.Then Armand's pop gets wind of the shenanigans.

The book is a classic.
I only bought the book for a friend named "Camille" who did not know anything about her literary namesake.I am not sure off the top of my head if this is the same author who wrote "The Three Musketeers." or not.I think this is the son.I can highly recommend the original B&W movie version starring Greta Garbo.I don't get emotional easily but the movie moved me.Also, obvious why Garbo was considered one of the "great" ones.

Tres belle y magnifique!
This was a beautifully written and tragic story of the love between a man and a sadly fated courtesan. This novel is quite a page turner, and it's very emotional as well. However, it didn't make me cry or feel deeply sorry for the characters at the end, just a bit sad. This is a nice classic, but it's not a deeply significant classic to read, nor is it one where you will get some deep, insight lessons from. If you are into romance, drama, and tragedy, then this book is for you. Just don't expect it to change your life or anything.

Trés romantique!
This book is a classic in the area of romance.The translation is quite good, and full of emotion.The movie versions (and there are many) will never compare to the novel.If you like to cry over lost love, this is the book for you. ... Read more

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Des " noces vermeilles " de Marguerite de Valois et Henri de Navarre, prélude au massacre des protestants, à la mort de Charles IX baignant dans une rosée de sang, les deux années qui s'écoulent comptent parmi les plus cruelles de l'histoire de France. Guerres civiles de religion, luttes d'influence au sein de la famille royale, complots et assassinats politiques forment la trame sombre sur laquelle se détache la figure de Margot. Beauté incomparable, dame galante, cette fille de France est aussi une femme de lettres doublée d'une redoutable politique ; Marguerite est avant tout une Valois, fille de roi, soeur de roi, femme de roi. Et le brave La Mole, ce jeune gentilhomme protestant réfugié dans l'alcôve royale pour échapper à ses assassins la nuit de la Saint-Barthélemy, sait que l'amour qu'il voue à cette perle le précipitera au coeur d'intrigues de pouvoir où la vie d'un homme n'a guère de poids. ... Read more

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Enjoy Dumas in general but terrible ending
Really enjoyed La Reine Margot except for the ending which was cataclysmically dark. Would have given the book 4 or 5 stars otherwise.

Abridged!!??!!
Just so you know:the Oxford World Classics edition of LA REINE MARGOT is abridged.Oxford "justifies" the abridged version by saying it's the best known, but I think if MARGOT were as popular as THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, Oxford would spend the extra money to give it to us in full.I understand things like Readers Digest condensing books for the masses, but shouldn't something as scholarly as Oxford World Classics give us the real thing?What about Dumas fans who want to read his stories they way he wrote them?Most Dumas readers aren't afraid of long books, especially if they've read MONTE CRISTO or VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE(which is almost TWICE as long as MONTE CRISTO).Unfortunately, the unabridged version seems only available in French.But I'm a biggish Dumas fan, so I read Oxford's abridged MARGOT rather than nothing.It's great, Great, GREAT, but a shadow hung over the entire book making wonder what I was missing.What Dumas-esque character moments did I miss?What details?

A difficult start, but well worth it for the finish
It's 1572 and in an effort to ease tensions between the Catholics and the Huguenots Henry III King of Navarre is married to Marguerite de Valois (Margot). Shortly after the marriage the Huguenots are slaughtered at the order of Charles IX and his mother Catherine de Medicis on Saint Bartholomew's Day. Catherine is also bent on destroying Henry as her astrologer has foretold that her three sons will die and Henry of Navarre will rule France through the Bourbon line. Margot's dashing lover La Mole and his compatriot Coconnas are our two heroes and their fates weave in and out of the lives of the French Court.

Outside of that, this is really too difficult of a storyline to describe unless I wanted to write a book report and give it all away, and you know I don't do that. In typical Dumas fashion and flair La Reine Margot overflows with treachery, intrigue, hidden staircases and doors, poison, murder plots, gallant heroes and best of all - Catherine de Medici is the most deliciously over the top villainess I have come across in a long time. What fun! Despite a very difficult start trying to grasp the political complexities and characters, by the halfway mark I was rocking along and had a hard time keeping my nose out of it.

While I loved it to bits, just be warned if you are new to Dumas this is probably not the book for you - the first few chapters will frustrate you so much you'll never want to try him again. I'd try The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers first. The Oxford Classics addition has a very helpful forward and character notes in the back - but be careful reading too much or you'll pick up a nasty spoiler or two.

One of Dumas's Four Best
First of all, the Kindle French-language edition seems okay at first glance: the French accents are correctly placed, which is not true of the French accents in Christie's MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. There it's a minor annoyance because there's little French in the book; here it would be devastating, but the French seems perfect.

Dumas fans know that he wrote four great books OR SERIES: The Count of Monte Cristo, a stand-alone; The Three Musketeers series, of which Twenty Years After is actually the best, though lots of readers don't get to it; The Reine Margot series, whose great character Chicot the Jester has a book of his own which is also better than the first book in the series, La Reine Margot; and The Memoirs of a Physician series. These series are gigantic. Dumas himself said The Three Musketeers was the best, and The Count of Monte Cristo didn't quite live up to it. Most readers think they're equally good. The other two series are of similar excellence, and Dumas fans know it.

Dumas worked with collaborators who did ninety percent of the writing. This kind of writing factory is still in existence today, of course. It matters how good his collaborators were, and in these four series they were all excellent. His other 400 (!!!) volumes are not as good -- but the four top series alone add up to about fifty modern novels in length.

swashbuckling and intrigue
This is Dumas at his almost-finest, very vivid and exciting, great characters and plot, even Nostradamus!As fine as Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth.The reason that the title is given in French is because it would translate as Queen Madge, which doesn't sound so good. ... Read more

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Redemption Through Love
Dumas' novel of passion, sacrifice and expiation provides typical 19th century French fare--a work which inspired Hollywood to produce classic B/W film versions.Here we have corrupt Paris at its most seductive, patronized by all levels, but formally scorned by High Society.Dumas presents the world of Courtesans--beautiful young women who survive by their wits and charms, "kept" in luxury by a succession of rich lovers.How do such women exist financially once their bloom has faded? Ah, consider the case of Mme Prudence Duvernoy. Many innocent young men have been lead astray and been ruined by gambling in order to procure their latest mistresses the required carriages, servants, gowns, jewels, and furniture.But CAMILLE (not her first name)proves more than a mere cautionary novel.

Readers will meet two narrators, plus the letters from Marguerite Gautier herself and a young friend named Julie.This was an age when young men wept openly and threw themselves into headlong passions--when caution and familial obligations rarely bowed to common sense.

At an estate auction the first narrator purchased a copy of MANON LESCAUT, autographed to Marguerite from her ardent lover, Armand Duval. When the wretched fellow seeks out and introduces himself to the compassionate purchaser, the two young men become friends. Ultimately it is Armand, returned too late for her funeral, who takes up the thread of the 2nd narration--willingly providing all the painful, shameful details of his liaison with the lovely courtesan who was dying of consumption--and a broken heart.

The title of CAMILLE refers to her floral penchant for wearing or appearing only with white camellias.Having viewed Marguerite in a box at a public performance Armand is instantly smitten, and presses his suit-- although she already has a rich lover and an elderly protector.In the course of this novel Armand and Marguerite fall deeply in love--she for the first time.Can love cleanse her of her tainted lifestyle? Will society accept the reformation of a notorious courtesan? Passion, jealousy, pique, emotional cruelty and psychological torture drip from these 170 pages.But Armand lives in a fool's paradise if he thinks he can flaunt the mores of his class-conscious world. Working behind the scenes his father isdesperate to save his son from social and financial ruin.Armand in life and Marguerite in death mistakenly trust their affairs to a faithless woman.

One underlying theme is that of redemption through love. The author incorporates many references to the Church and holy matters; gentle Julie hopes that God will forgive Marguerite greatly because she loved greatly. But is it enough?Will she be received into Heaven in return for her protracted physical suffering and mental anguish? You be the (merciful) judge!

Not your average couple
I was surprised how engaging this novel was.Having seen the 1930's movie based on this book with Greta Garbo (Maguerite) and a very youthful Robert Taylor (Armand) not to mention familiarity with Verdi's La Traviata which was also based on this book I thought I knew what was between these covers.Not so.Some of it was a bit over the top (It is French after all) but most of it was believable and emotionally honest.The hardest thing was to leave my preconceptions from the movie and opera behind and concentrate on the story.It is set in the mid 1800's in Paris and a young man who's finished his studies but who'd rather kick his heels up a little rather than settle into lawyering meets a beautiful young kept woman.He's entranced.After a little toing and froing she decides she likes him too.In fact she goes to quite a bit of personal trouble to make sure she's not a burden on him financially and then they leave Paris for the country to be together.Armand talks her into leaving her glamorous and many peopled Paris life behind and they have a short time to be a young couple in love.Then Armand's pop gets wind of the shenanigans.

The book is a classic.
I only bought the book for a friend named "Camille" who did not know anything about her literary namesake.I am not sure off the top of my head if this is the same author who wrote "The Three Musketeers." or not.I think this is the son.I can highly recommend the original B&W movie version starring Greta Garbo.I don't get emotional easily but the movie moved me.Also, obvious why Garbo was considered one of the "great" ones.

Tres belle y magnifique!
This was a beautifully written and tragic story of the love between a man and a sadly fated courtesan. This novel is quite a page turner, and it's very emotional as well. However, it didn't make me cry or feel deeply sorry for the characters at the end, just a bit sad. This is a nice classic, but it's not a deeply significant classic to read, nor is it one where you will get some deep, insight lessons from. If you are into romance, drama, and tragedy, then this book is for you. Just don't expect it to change your life or anything.

Trés romantique!
This book is a classic in the area of romance.The translation is quite good, and full of emotion.The movie versions (and there are many) will never compare to the novel.If you like to cry over lost love, this is the book for you. ... Read more

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Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monet Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a vision of France that has become immortal.


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Enjoy Dumas in general but terrible ending
Really enjoyed La Reine Margot except for the ending which was cataclysmically dark. Would have given the book 4 or 5 stars otherwise.

Abridged!!??!!
Just so you know:the Oxford World Classics edition of LA REINE MARGOT is abridged.Oxford "justifies" the abridged version by saying it's the best known, but I think if MARGOT were as popular as THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, Oxford would spend the extra money to give it to us in full.I understand things like Readers Digest condensing books for the masses, but shouldn't something as scholarly as Oxford World Classics give us the real thing?What about Dumas fans who want to read his stories they way he wrote them?Most Dumas readers aren't afraid of long books, especially if they've read MONTE CRISTO or VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE(which is almost TWICE as long as MONTE CRISTO).Unfortunately, the unabridged version seems only available in French.But I'm a biggish Dumas fan, so I read Oxford's abridged MARGOT rather than nothing.It's great, Great, GREAT, but a shadow hung over the entire book making wonder what I was missing.What Dumas-esque character moments did I miss?What details?

A difficult start, but well worth it for the finish
It's 1572 and in an effort to ease tensions between the Catholics and the Huguenots Henry III King of Navarre is married to Marguerite de Valois (Margot). Shortly after the marriage the Huguenots are slaughtered at the order of Charles IX and his mother Catherine de Medicis on Saint Bartholomew's Day. Catherine is also bent on destroying Henry as her astrologer has foretold that her three sons will die and Henry of Navarre will rule France through the Bourbon line. Margot's dashing lover La Mole and his compatriot Coconnas are our two heroes and their fates weave in and out of the lives of the French Court.

Outside of that, this is really too difficult of a storyline to describe unless I wanted to write a book report and give it all away, and you know I don't do that. In typical Dumas fashion and flair La Reine Margot overflows with treachery, intrigue, hidden staircases and doors, poison, murder plots, gallant heroes and best of all - Catherine de Medici is the most deliciously over the top villainess I have come across in a long time. What fun! Despite a very difficult start trying to grasp the political complexities and characters, by the halfway mark I was rocking along and had a hard time keeping my nose out of it.

While I loved it to bits, just be warned if you are new to Dumas this is probably not the book for you - the first few chapters will frustrate you so much you'll never want to try him again. I'd try The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers first. The Oxford Classics addition has a very helpful forward and character notes in the back - but be careful reading too much or you'll pick up a nasty spoiler or two.

One of Dumas's Four Best
First of all, the Kindle French-language edition seems okay at first glance: the French accents are correctly placed, which is not true of the French accents in Christie's MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. There it's a minor annoyance because there's little French in the book; here it would be devastating, but the French seems perfect.

Dumas fans know that he wrote four great books OR SERIES: The Count of Monte Cristo, a stand-alone; The Three Musketeers series, of which Twenty Years After is actually the best, though lots of readers don't get to it; The Reine Margot series, whose great character Chicot the Jester has a book of his own which is also better than the first book in the series, La Reine Margot; and The Memoirs of a Physician series. These series are gigantic. Dumas himself said The Three Musketeers was the best, and The Count of Monte Cristo didn't quite live up to it. Most readers think they're equally good. The other two series are of similar excellence, and Dumas fans know it.

Dumas worked with collaborators who did ninety percent of the writing. This kind of writing factory is still in existence today, of course. It matters how good his collaborators were, and in these four series they were all excellent. His other 400 (!!!) volumes are not as good -- but the four top series alone add up to about fifty modern novels in length.

swashbuckling and intrigue
This is Dumas at his almost-finest, very vivid and exciting, great characters and plot, even Nostradamus!As fine as Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth.The reason that the title is given in French is because it would translate as Queen Madge, which doesn't sound so good. ... Read more

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A major new translation of a forgotten classic

Paris, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plot—a plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and her enigmatic and fearless champion, the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists, breakneck adventure, conspiracies, swordplay, romance, and heroism, The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness, love, and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers, and with this first and only modern translation, readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge.


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Kindle version flawed
This may be a very good book, but I had to stop reading it because the copious notes are not active in the Kindle version. The note numbers are there in the text but cannot be clicked. To read a note you have to go to the table of contents, select Notes, page through the notes from the beginning till you locate the specific chapter then continue to page through tillyou find the note, itself.
By the time you get back to where you were reading the spell of the narrative has long been broken and I, anyway, just didn't care anymore.

Don't waste your time with this!
About halfway through this book I started getting annoyed with the main character, Maurice.He was extremely sappy and emotional.He spent most of his time moping over a woman he couldn't have.I decided to skip to the end to see if it was worth it to continue.The end was so terrible, I was glad I didn't waste my time reading the whole thing.

Praise the Goddess of Reason!
The fruits of revolution oft take long to ripen. After our American Revolution, we instituted the Articles of Confederation, which if the British were aware, imminent conquest would follow. The French Revolutions we inspired were no different but their lots before renewing themselves were harsh lessons in learning how to construct effective government.

Set in the aptly named Terror, The Knight of Maison-Rouge takes place in this paranoid and xenophobic France. The French patriots are fanatical in destroying anything deemed evil by Robespierre's regime and the hills of heads prove his cruelty isn't for show. The same citizens who cower beneath this horrid regime will not hesitate to out each other on accusations backed by the flimsiest of bonds, viewed by the bureaucracy as solid diamond, for glory and spite ensuring societal bonds are broken washing France in blood. As Marie-Antoinette lives her last days in prison, disenfranchised aristocrats and royalists under the Knight of Maison-Rouge conspire to release her.

Enter soldier Maurice Lindey, who comes upon a strange woman being accosted by a rampaging mob of unruly soldiers. Upon saving her, he requests to take her for questioning, but from her refusals to do so, it is clear she is anything but innocent. The smitten Maurice is indifferent to this lawbreaking however and with his womanizing friend Lorin, whose constant recitations of bad poetry with dashing courage make him quite the companion, they quell the mob and ensure the woman gets home safely but not before she kisses Maurice goodbye and gives him the gift of a beautiful ring.

But this betrayal of the law served isn't a trait reserved solely for the young womanizers. The populace is required to address each other as, "Citizen," instead of, "Monsieur," and God is eventually dethroned in favor of the Supreme Being. Speaking anything else is fair game for the bloodthirsty courts and the judges ignore these social mores oft as the deluded populace. An abusive cobblers' repute transcends that of soldiers who have served the country well and vice is virtue where all is well as long as people praise Robespierre while gutting each other.

The book consistently cycles through two plots for the story's duration: Rescuing Marie-Antoinette and Maurice's pursuit of Genevieve, the woman he saved that night. Both are consistently repeated through the storyline since there are always mishaps to thwart them but fortunately the characters and the discovery of these situations are good enough to make the situations refreshing even when it's obvious that Marie-Antoinette is going to be arrested yet again.

But while the story is enjoyable, make no mistake that it is dark. It doesn't take long for the story to go from Lorin spouting bad poetry over not getting any to Lorin spouting bad poetry because his lover was beheaded.

As in all Dumas, there is gallant heroism throughout. Yet it comes at tremendous sacrifice and even though I was moved at the final scenes, I wanted more. It's not that I was disappointed at the final turn of events given the setting is an era called the Terror and the other tragedies that occur throughout. But the final scenes contain such climactic fury and moving declarations that I would have liked to have seen this earlier. Much of the book is spent developing relationships that it's only at the end we see the fruits of this labor and they are promptly snatched from us after taking the slightest nibble.

Book #6 and the final chapter in Dumas' French Revolution Series
The story begins in March 1793 as Louis XVI has been beheaded, Marie Antoinette and her children are imprisoned and the Committee for Public Safety has unleashed The Reign of Terror. Unaware of a curfew, a young woman is stopped by members of the National Guard but saved from arrest by Civic Guard officer Maurice Lindey. The woman disappears into the night but the enchanted Maurice finally locates her, and becomes friends with Genevieve and her older husband (who finds Maurice to be useful in his royalist plots). In the meantime, all Paris is abuzz over the mysterious Chevalier de Maison Rouge and his heroic attempts to secrete Marie Antoinette away from her fate with the guillotine.

The story then goes back and forth between that of Maurice and his beloved Genevieve and a recounting of the final days of Marie (now called Madame Capet) and the various schemes of several royalist parties to save her. Although I did enjoy this book very much (it _is_ Dumas), this one just didn't come off with the excitement and flare the previous six have done. Perhaps after six books I was approaching burn out, perhaps it's because there was no sign of my favorite characters from the first five books, but this one just didn't knock my socks off -- although I very much enjoyed the love story between Genevieve and Maurice. They were very touching and I doubt I'll ever look at a carnation the same way again. Have the tissue handy for the ending.

I do want to caution potential readers of this series to research carefully which edition you purchase -- there are some bad translations out there that can seriously impact your reading experience. The best luck I've had is with the early 1900's translations published by a P F Collier and Sons. The entire series, in order:

Joseph Balsamo
Memoirs of a Physician
The Queen's Necklace
Taking the Bastile
The Countess de Charny
The Chevalier de Maison Rouge (or The Knight of the Maison-Rouge)

Not how Dumas became famous
Readers familiar with The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo will recognize the swashbuckling style in this story of the Knight of Maison-Rouge. However, with this book Dumas would not have become a household name. It is a very different type of story and left me dissatisfied. Its value lies in its unflinching portrayal of the Terror that followed the French Revolution. Undoubtedly unpopular in times and places where the French Revolution was esteemed as a model for the overthrow of tyrannies, it is now available in a new edition. The story revolves around various, obviously unsuccessful, attempts to rescue Marie Antoinette after the execution of Louis XVI. The book is extensively annotated. The notes are distracting, but also very useful to anyone without an extensive knowledge of the French Revolution. I certainly learnt a lot of history. The book is recommended to anyone interested in the French Revolution. It is instructive in the workings of totalitarian regimes in general so that its lessons are relevant to our own times. ... Read more

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Across the foyer of a crowded theatre, a handsome young man catches sight of the most expensive prostitute in town. When they meet, a mutual obsession is ignited—one that tears both their worlds apart. Set amidst the glittering splendors and miseries of 19th century Paris, Camille has scandalised and fascinated audiences and theatres, cinemas and opera houses for over a hundred and fifty years.

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Good but not quite what I was expecting
I enjoyed this version of Camille but was expecting a full translation of the book. This is actually a stage version - a play. It is well done for what it is but I would have appreciated the more complete character development from a full translation. ... Read more

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This title includes an introduction by A. M. de Medeiros, University of Kent at Canterbury. 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 foe; now they need to face her vengeful son Mordaunt, as well as countering the machinations of the sinister Cardinal Mazarin. Their adventures also take them to England, where Cromwell is about to topple Charles I. Meanwhile, they must overcome the obstacles which the passing of time has placed between them. Rediscovering strength in unity, they fight for Queen and country. "The Musketeer" novels were a huge success in Dumas' own lifetime, and have lost none of their original appeal. Translated into many languages and adapted for cinema and television, they have helped to make Dumas arguably the most successful exporter of French culture to the wider world. ... Read more

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Loved it!
This is a great book! (mind you I am biased by my love for Dumas' novels) ... Read more

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4 3/8 x 6/14 inches black leather cover; gilt top edge ... Read more

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

Alexandre Dumas’s epic novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery—one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written—in a newly revised translation.

This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dantès, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Château d’If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him.

Though a brilliant storyteller, Dumas was given to repetitions and redundancies; this slightly streamlined version of the original 1846 English translation speeds the narrative flow while retaining most of the rich pictorial descriptions and all the essential details of Dumas’s intricately plotted and thrilling masterpiece. ... Read more

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Favorite book of all time
I read this book when I was a kid and loved it so much I spent more time in the library reading and re-reading this book than I did playing with my friends.

I recently saw the movie on TV for about the 5th time and decided I needed to read it yet again.

I love this book.

First impressions
I'm only about 225 pages into the book so far and have no regrets about buying it.The story is wonderful, not the kind of thing you'd want to rush through but just take your time and enjoy.My only surprise is that this edition was advertised as being "Deckle Edge Paper" whereas my copy is definitely not. You're paying more for this version so if that is important to you beware.

count of mote cristo
It is a very long book with a great many side stories but I have always found it fascinating--I learned a great deal.

Definitely better unabridged
I read an abridgement of Count of Monte Cristo several years ago and enjoyed it immensely but wondered what I had missed. Later after I discovered Everyman's beautiful editions I searched their titles on their website and found they had nothing by Dumas. I wrote them a letter suggesting that they publish some.

Apparently, enough people wrote in: They published what I feel to be his best novel. As soon as I was aware of it I obtained one of my own. As I expected the unabridged version was far better.

Another reviewer said that the translation in this edition was one of the worst. I didn't notice it if it was. The story flowed and held my interest so that I could not put it down for the last third. It's definitely one I will go back and read again.

The Everyman's edition is just beautiful with creamy paper, cloth cover and sewn binding. I carried it around with me in the few days it took me to read it.

If you buy it from Amazon you will save a significant chunk of change. It's much spendier in the bookstores.

I do hope they will publish more Dumas.

Beautiful book
It's the perfect length and the book looks beautiful. The hardcover and the book mark strap are great. This book was in beautiful condition and an excellent read! You definitely should buy this as opposed to the full version because it cuts out a lot of the repetition that Alexandre Dumas seems to do. Great book! ... Read more

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Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1802-1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo (1845), The Three Musketeers (1844), and The Man in the Iron Mask (1848) were serialized, and he also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. Though best known now as a novelist, He earned his first fame as a dramatist. His Henri III et sa Cour (1829) was the first of the great Romantic historical dramas produced on the Paris stage, preceding Victor Hugo's more famous Hernani (1830). He was also a wellknown travel writer, writing such books as From Paris to Cadiz (1847), and Travel Impressions: In Russia (1860). His other works include Twenty Years After (1845), The Two Dianas (1846), Queen Margot (1845), The Black Tulip (1850), The Wolf-Leader (1857), and The Knight of Sainte-Hermine (1869).

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Beware which edition you buy
Beware which edition you buy. This is part of a multivolume series by Dumas. It has been translated and published numerous times over the last hundred years and most of those, including this one are inaccurate. What they don't tell you is this copy is abridged! It leaves out about HALF of the original text. The full text should consist of nearly 900 pages, usually in 2 volumes. The same is true for most of the 20th century editions of the rest of the series. In fact some leave out so much that the plot becomes impossible to follow. It is quite madening. Good luck in your search for a better product. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Pas d'accents
Cette edition manque les accents.This edition is missing the accents on the vowels.Very distracting and difficult to read. ... Read more

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The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a guard of the musketeers. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—inseparable friends who live by the motto "all for one, one for all" ("tous pour un, un pour tous").

The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Those three novels by Dumas are together known as the d'Artagnan Romances. ... Read more

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This Halcyon Classics ebook contains the 18 volumes of the 'Celebrated Crime' series by Alexandre Dumas.Includes the classic essay 'The Man in the Iron Mask.'Includes an active table of contents.


Contents:

Ali Pacha
The Borgias
The Cenci
The Countess of Saint-Geran
Derues
Joan of Naples
Karl-Ludwig Sand
La Constantin
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Marquise de Brinvilliers
The Marquise de Ganges
Martin Guerre
Mary Stuart
Massacres of the South
Murat
Nisida
Urbain Grandier
Vaninka

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: True Crime / General; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science / Criminology; True Crime / General; True Crime / Murder / General; ... Read more

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D'Artagnan comes to Paris hoping to become a Musketeer, and almost at once finds himself caught up in high adventure and intrigue at the royal court. With his new-found friends, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, D'Artagnan risks his life in the service of the King and Queen. ... Read more