Александр Дюма-сын

Самый известный роман французского писателя Александра Дюма-сына (перевод С. Антик) о любви, жизни и гибели знаменитой парижской куртизанки. Предваряют роман страницы из книги Андре Моруа «Три Дюма» (перевод Л. Беспаловой) и воспоминания Жюля Жанена, театрального критика, писателя, члена Французской академии, о встречах с Мари Дюплесси — прототипом героини романа (перевод С. Антик).

«Исповедь преступника» («Дело Клемансо») — исповедь мужа, убившего некогда обожаемую им жену — не только за то, что она изменяла ему, но и за то, что «она была воплощением лжи и фальши под маской совершенной красоты».

«Елена» — роман о судьбе чистой и благородной девушки из высших кругов общества, ставшей женой неизлечимо больного молодого человека. Любовь и самопожертвование Елены сделали то, чего не сумели сделать врачи, — и муж отплачивает ей… неверностью.

«Роман женщины» — о семейном счастье, которое трагически оканчивается, не устояв перед уловками и условностями светского окружения.

В малоизвестном произведении Александра Дюма-сына «Доктор Серван» повествуется о гениальном ученом, желающем познать природу человеческих чувств. Его опыты окутаны мраком, но однажды по городу разносится слух, что таинственный доктор изобрел средство воскрешать мертвых…

Set in mid-19th-century France, the novel tells the love story between Marguerite Gautier, a demimondaine or courtesan and Armand Duval, a young bourgeois. Marguerite is nicknamed «lady of the camellias» because she wears a red camellia when she is unavailable for making love and a white camelia when she is available to her lovers. Armand falls in love with Marguerite and ultimately becomes her lover. He convinces her to leave her life as a courtesan and to live with him in the countryside. This...

Claudius Ruprecht was raised an orphan without any knowledge of his family. When he joins Wilna University, Claudius goes on a traveling tour through Germany, according to custom of the college. Upon his arrival in Munich, Claudius gets tangled in a fight and challenged to a duel by major von Sendlingen, an officer in cavalry regiment. After he wounds the major, Claudius seeks shelter with a girl he saved, and her father tries to help him escape. But major von Sendlingen is not the only one who...

Claudius Ruprecht was raised an orphan without any knowledge of his family. When he joins Wilna University, Claudius goes on a traveling tour through Germany, according to custom of the college. Upon his arrival in Munich, Claudius gets tangled in a fight and challenged to a duel by major von Sendlingen, an officer in cavalry regiment. After he wounds the major, Claudius seeks shelter with a girl he saved, and her father tries to help him escape. But major von Sendlingen is not the only one who...

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Set in mid-19th-century France, the novel tells the love story between Marguerite Gautier, a demimondaine or courtesan and Armand Duval, a young bourgeois. Marguerite is nicknamed «lady of the camellias» because she wears a red camellia when she is unavailable for making love and a white camelia when she is available to her lovers. Armand falls in love with Marguerite and ultimately becomes her lover. He convinces her to leave her life as a courtesan and to live with him in the countryside. This...

Musaicum Books presents to you this collection of revolutionary works of French literature, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This carefully edited edition includes action-adventures, historical thrillers, revealing the hypocrisy of the society, and the questioning of morals and beliefs through its main characters, all relatable until this day. This is the legacy of the French literary giants – Alexandre Dumas elder, and his son Alexandre...