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Histoires de vampires et de morts vivants
TEXTE INTEGRAL + LES CLÉS DE L'OEUVRE
"Tout le ciel semblait couvert d'un crêpe noir, la lune et les étoiles avaient disparu, et je ne voyais toujours dans la nuit briller que les yeux de flamme du vampire."
"Le baiser du vampire"
Edition présentée et commentée par Claude Aziza, directeur du Département de Médiation culturelle de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.
"Tout le ciel semblait couvert d'un crêpe noir, la lune et les étoiles avaient disparu, et je ne voyais toujours dans la nuit briller que les yeux de flamme du vampire."
"Le baiser du vampire"
Edition présentée et commentée par Claude Aziza, directeur du Département de Médiation culturelle de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.
- GenresFrance
352 pages, Paperback
Published March 15, 2002
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Alexandre Dumas
6,154 books12.6k followersThis note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
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April 4, 2017
Estas historias fantásticas de Dumas se asemejan más a fábulas infantiles, quizá los doscientos años le hayan jugado en contra y desnuden una sobrada inocencia. Desde animales parlantes a fantasmas, pactos con el diablo, humanos convertidos en animales bajo hechizo, un viaje a la luna, todo un compendio de formulas al día de hoy comunes en infanto/juveniles. Sus relatos cortos y vocabulario sencillo resulta en un libro ideal para esos lectores primerizos. Un buen punto destacable es que están narradas en distintos lugares y épocas. Buena lectura de quinceañeros para abajo.
November 1, 2011
Cette petite anthologie est passée inaperçue (et est à un prix défiant toute concurrence !), et sa lecture nous montre pourquoi : certes, c'était une bonne idée de surfer (encore et toujours) sur la vague vampirique qui nous envahit depuis quelques années. C'était également une bonne idée de nous prouver que nous, Français, n'avions rien à envier aux écrivains fantastiques britanniques ou américains. Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupassant ajoutent un prestige à ce livre, quant à la présence d'autres écrits tels que ceux de Charles Nodier, ils se veulent ennuyeux... Etaient-ils donc nécessaires ?
J'avoue, je n'y croyais pas trop dès le début ; c'est son prix (3€) qui m'a tentée... Sauf si votre envie est d'avoir un livre regroupant des nouvelles populaires comme Le Horla ou La Morte Amoureuse, vous ne louperez rien en passant à côté.
J'avoue, je n'y croyais pas trop dès le début ; c'est son prix (3€) qui m'a tentée... Sauf si votre envie est d'avoir un livre regroupant des nouvelles populaires comme Le Horla ou La Morte Amoureuse, vous ne louperez rien en passant à côté.
February 8, 2019
history of horror. simple early stories.
July 7, 2019
history of horror. simple early stories.
October 22, 2019
“Mezclar fantasía, aventura e historia, con unas pizcas de mitología y algo de sobrenatural para obtener este cóctel tan refrescante como sabroso de leer...”
May 4, 2023
Una raccolta di racconti nella media, un modo carino di rispolverare il mio francese e avere un assaggio di alcuni autori celebri come Maupassant e Baudelaire
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