Le Collier de la Reine by Alexandre Dumas
Le Collier de la Reine d'Alexandre Dumas, co crit avec Auguste Maquet, est un roman historique qui plonge le lecteur dans les intrigues de la cour de France la veille d'un changement majeur. Le r cit s'ouvre sur une sc ne o le mar chal de Richelieu pr pare un d ner pour des invit s prestigieux, dont le comte de Haga, qui n'est autre que le roi de Su de sous un nom d'emprunt. Le ma tre d'h tel du mar chal, soucieux de l'incognito royal, s'assure que tout soit parfait, allant jusqu' faire venir une bouteille de vin de Tokay d'une raret exceptionnelle. Parmi les convives, on trouve des figures historiques et fictives, telles que Mme du Barry, M. de La P rouse, et le myst rieux comte de Cagliostro, qui pr tend poss der un lixir de vie capable de rajeunir les hommes. Cagliostro fascine l'assembl e par ses r cits de rencontres avec des personnages historiques et par la d monstration de son lixir sur le vieux baron de Taverney, qui retrouve bri vement sa jeunesse. Le roman explore les th mes de la vanit humaine, de la qu te de l'immortalit , et des jeux de pouvoir la cour. travers des dialogues vifs et des situations cocasses, Dumas dresse un tableau vivant de la soci t fran aise du XVIIIe si cle, tout en m lant r alit historique et fiction.
Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802, at Villiers-Cotterets, France, the son of Napoleon's famous mulatto general, Dumas. Alexandre Dumas began writing at an early age and saw his first success in a play he wrote entitled Henri III et sa Cour (1829). A prolific author, Dumas was also an adventurer and took part in the Revolution of 1830. Dumas is most famous for his brilliant historical novels, which he wrote with collaborators, mainly Auguste Maquet, and which were serialized in the popular press of the day. His most popular works are The Three Musketeers(1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-45), and The Man in Iron Mask (1848-50). Dumas made and lost several fortunes, and died penniless on on December 5, 1870.
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has also translated Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, both for Penguin Classics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has also translated Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, both for Penguin Classics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9791041931729 |
| ISBN 10 | 1041931727 |
| Title | Le Collier de la Reine |
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Culturea |
| Year published | 2023-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 532 |
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