Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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Page 543
... Monte - Cristo ( 1844-1845 ; The Count of Monte- Cristo , 1846 ) . In these works , Dumas made use of well - known events in French history in order to tell fascinating and well - structured tales . These two romances have remained ...
... Monte - Cristo ( 1844-1845 ; The Count of Monte- Cristo , 1846 ) . In these works , Dumas made use of well - known events in French history in order to tell fascinating and well - structured tales . These two romances have remained ...
Page 544
... Count of Monte - Cristo . The French public associated Dumas so closely with The Count of Monte - Cristo that he decided to call his own house " le château de Monte- Cristo " ( the castle of Monte - Cristo ) . His private life was not ...
... Count of Monte - Cristo . The French public associated Dumas so closely with The Count of Monte - Cristo that he decided to call his own house " le château de Monte- Cristo " ( the castle of Monte - Cristo ) . His private life was not ...
Page 546
... count uses his enormous wealth and a series of disguises in order to obtain all the information relevant to his case ... Monte - Cristo ; he in turn persuades her that she and her son can save their honor only by leaving her husband . They do ...
... count uses his enormous wealth and a series of disguises in order to obtain all the information relevant to his case ... Monte - Cristo ; he in turn persuades her that she and her son can save their honor only by leaving her husband . They do ...
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