Alexandre Dumas
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On the very day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, a young merchant sailor named Edmond Dantès is falsely imprisoned for life, laying to waste his plans of marriage and hard-earned fortune. Following several long years in prison he has managed to escape and reinvent himself as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo. It is the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Count has been plotting his revenge on the three men who had him falsely imprisoned....
42) La Reine Margot
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"Saint Bartholomew's Day 1572. Paris is awash with the blood of Huguenots slaughtered by order of Charles IX. Or perhaps of Catherine de Medicis, one of history's greatest monsters? Or the ambitious Duke de Guise? Or the Duke d'Anjou, soon to be the reluctant King of Poland? It takes an iron nerve and a cool head to survive. Young Henry of Navarre has both in abundance, but he has more: he has his Queen, the beautiful, cultured Margot who stakes all...
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All for one and one for all! Recounts the adventures of d'Artagnan, a poor young nobleman, who leaves home and travels to Paris to join the elite Musketeers of the Guard. He joins the three most formidable musketeers of the age -- Athos, Porthos and Aramis -- and they get involved in affairs of the state and the court. Pitted against the Machiavellian Cardinal Richelieu and the unscrupulous seductress Milady de Winter, they need all their valour and...
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In seventeenth-century France, young D'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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FonoLibro presenta "El Conde de Montecristo," Audio libro dramatizado en español basado en la historia original de Alejandro Dumas.
Es una de las novelas de amor y venganza más populares de todos los tiempos. Es la historia de Edmundo Dantes, joven marinero, (personificado por el primer actor Luis José Santander), quien el día de ser nombrado capitán del buque "El Faraón" y de planear casarse con su amada Mercedes, es injustamente puesto prisionero...
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"Enter a world of friendship, honor, and duty to your King in seventeenth-century France with this beautifully illustrated adaptation of the classic French novel by Alexandre Dumas. This cloak-and-dagger tale follows the adventures of D'Artagnan and his new friends, the three musketeers. As they seek to protect the Queen against the Cardinal's evil schemes, they will learn that loyalty and friendship are the most important values."--Book jacket front...
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It is a time of both splendor and despair for the deeply divided French nation where the self-serving King Louis XIV enjoys the riches of the world while his people starve. Believing he is all-powerful, Louis fears no one -- except the one person who could bring an end to his absolute power: the man he condemned to wear an iron mask and imprisoned for life. But when the king's selfish excesses go too far, retired Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis...
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Alexandre Dumas se ganó la admiración de la crítica y del público con la publicación de La dama de las camelias que se convirtió en una de las novelas más populares de todos los tiempos. Giuseppe Verdi se inspiró en ella para componer La traviata. Basada en las vivencias del autor, el libro narra la relación entre el joven Armand Duval y la cortesana Marguerite Gautier, una de las historias de amor más trágicas, hermosas, tristes e imperecederas...
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D'Artagnan sueña con convertirse en mosquetero. Pero, para alcanzar su sueño, deberá poner a prueba su coraje e inteligencia frente a enemigos implacables. Por suerte, contará con un equipo leal de nuevos amigos: los mosqueteros Athos, Porthos y Aramis.
It is the year 1627, and young D'Artagnan comes to Paris with a dream--to become a King's Musketeer. Three of these brave soldiers--Porthos, Athos and Aramis--soon become his friends. After a...
57) La traviata
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"Two people come very close to the possibility of great happiness together and then it's denied them, by social pressure and family pressure and finally by Violetta's illness."--Booklet.