La femme au collier de velours by Alexandre Dumas
"La femme au collier de velours" by Alexandre Dumas is a novel published in 1850. The story blends autobiography with fiction as Dumas recounts a tale told to him by his friend Charles Nodier. It follows the German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, who travels to Paris during the French Revolution despite promising his fiancée Antonia he would remain faithful. There, he becomes obsessed with Arsène, a mysterious dancer wearing a velvet choker with
a silver guillotine clasp. Driven by desire, Hoffmann breaks his promises—leading to devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 |
|---|---|
| Title | La femme au collier de velours |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_au_collier_de_velours |
| Credits | Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Ghost stories |
| Subject | Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 -- Fiction |
| Subject | France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18003 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-18003-8 |
| Release Date | Mar 16, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 672 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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