The Corsican Brothers de Alexandre Dumas

The Corsican Brothers

Alexandre Dumas

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 aug 2019

The Corsican Brothers (French: Les Fr res corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, p re, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's pains. It has been adapted many times on the stage and in film.

The story starts in March 1841, when the narrator travels to Corsica and stays at the home of the widow Savilia de Franchi who lives near Olmeto and Sullacaro. She is the mother of former conjoined twins Louis and Lucien. Louis is a lawyer in Paris, while Lucien clings to his Corsican roots and stays at his mother's home.

The brothers were separated at birth by a doctor with his scalpel. Despite being separated, Louis and Lucien can still feel each other's emotions, even at a distance. Lucien explains he has a mission to undertake, with reluctance. He has to mediate in a vendetta between the Orlandi and Colona families and invites the narrator to accompany him and meet the head of the Orlandi family.

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50^.06 lei 3-5 săpt.

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68^.73 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE – 30 apr 2010

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

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Lector House – 6 iun 2020

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70^.93 lei 38-44 zile

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89^.10 lei 6-8 săpt.

LIGHTNING SOURCE INC – 23 oct 2018

110^.05 lei 17-23 zile

Throne Classics – 21 aug 2019

151^.55 lei 38-44 zile

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Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was completed by a scholar and published in 2005, becoming a bestseller. It was published in English in 2008 as The Last Cavalier. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totaled 100,000 pages.