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19 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Women Women Fannie Hurst,F. Britten Austin,Alexandre Dumas,Stephen French Whitman,Ben Ames Williams,Grant Overton,William Somerset Maugham,Gabriele D'Annunzio,Edwin Lefevre,Chester P. Crowell,Bernice Brown ten short stories about women OL15165602W
El Conde de Moret El Conde de Moret Alexandre Dumas Antonio de Borbón, Conde de Moret, hijo de Enrique IV de Francia y la Condesa Jacqueline de Bueil, murió en la Batalla de Castelnaudary en 1632. La leyenda cuenta que escapó de la batalla y continuó … OL16610308W
Ali Pacha Ali Pacha Alexandre Dumas The beginning of the nineteenth century was a time of audacious enterprises and strange vicissitudes of fortune. Whilst Western Europe in turn submitted and struggled against a sub-lieutenant who mad… OL259549W
La Constantin La Constantin Alexandre Dumas This is an open confession, true and particular account of a certain series of events leading up to a certain crime by Marie Leroux and her accomplice Claude Perreguad. This is a history of retributi… OL259554W
Massacres of the South Massacres of the South Alexandre Dumas It is possible that our reader, whose recollections may perhaps go back as far as the Restoration, will be surprised at the size of the frame required for the picture we are about to bring before him… OL259571W
Urbain Grandier Urbain Grandier Alexandre Dumas On June 2, 1630, Father Urbain Grandier, the parish priest of St.-Pierre-du-Marche of Loudun, France, was accused of witchcraft by a group of Ursuline nuns. Grandier, a politically-influential priest… OL259572W
Ten Years Later Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscrip… OL259589W
Le Comte de Monte Cristo Le Comte de Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas xxix, 608 pages ; 21 cm OL36287W
Les compagnons de Jehu Les compagnons de Jehu Alexandre Dumas Nous ne savons si le prologue que nous allons mettre sous les yeux du lecteur est bien utile, et cependant nous ne pouvons resister au desir d'en faire, non pas le premier chapitre, mais la preface d… OL36367W
Le roman du masque de fer Le roman du masque de fer Alexandre Dumas You are about to hear," said Aramis, "an account which few could now give; for it refers to a secret which they buried with their dead...." So begins the magnificent concluding story of the swashbuck… OL36371W
Le comte de Moret Le comte de Moret Alexandre Dumas Red Sphinx picks up right where the The Three Musketeers left off, continuing the stories of Cardinal Richelieu, Queen Anne, and King Louis XIII and introducing a charming new hero, the Comte de Mor… OL36603W
Robin des bois Robin des bois Alexandre Dumas Robin des Bois, "valeureux bandit, généreux et loyal, plein de dévotion pour la Vierge mais intraitable à l'égard des évêques hypocrites et des shérifs cruels."--Cover. OL36692W
Acté Acté Alexandre Dumas Le 7 du mois de mai, que les Grecs appellent thargelion, l'an 57 du Christ et 810 de la fondation de Rome, une jeune fille de quinze a seize ans, grande, belle et rapide comme la Diane chasseresse, s… OL36767W
Mes mémoires Mes mémoires Alexandre Dumas Ma naissance. - On me conteste mon nom. - Extrait des registres de l'etat civil de Villers-Cotterets. - Le club de Corbeil. - Acte de mariage de mon pere. - Ma mere. - Mon grand-pere maternel. - Loui… OL36833W
Les trois mousquetaires Les trois mousquetaires Alexandre Dumas,Auguste Maquet During the reign of France's King Louis XIV, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu. OL36861W
Le Capitaine Aréna Le Capitaine Aréna Alexandre Dumas A neuf heures du matin, le capitaine Arena vint nous prevenir que notre batiment etait pret et n'attendait plus que nous pour mettre a la voile. Nous quittames aussitot l'hotel, et nous nous rendimes… OL410400W
Une année a Florence Une année a Florence Alexandre Dumas J'etais a Marseille depuis huit jours, et j'y attendais avec d'autant plus de patience le moment de mon depart, que j'avais l'hotel d'orient pour caravanserail et Mery pour cicerone.Un matin Mery ent… OL410582W
Karl Ludwig Sand Karl Ludwig Sand Alexandre Dumas March 23, 1819: Karl-Ludwig Sand murdered August von Kotzebue, a playwright in the service of the Russian government, because of his criticism of the student associations and their nationalist yearni… OL7981703W
Marquise De Ganges Marquise De Ganges Alexandre Dumas During the reign of Louis XIV, a dramatic family affaire occured at the Ganges castle. It is the story of ravishing marquise of Ganges who was nicknamed the "la belle provencale". She assassinated by… OL7981710W