Last Vendee Vol. I : The She-Wolves of Machecoul

by Dumas, Alexandre

• ISBN13: 9781589631731
• ISBN10: 1589631730
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Alexandre Dumas (sr.) (1802-1870) was also known as Dumas pere and was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. Dumas is best known for the historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both written within the space of two years, 1844-45, and which belong to the foundation works of popular culture. He was among the first, along with Honore de Balzac and Eugene Sue, who fully used the possibilities of roman feuilleton, the serial novel. Dumas is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France, although his abilities as a writer were under dispute from the beginning. Dumas' works are fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction, but on the other hand, they are entangled, melodramatic, and actually not faithful to the historical facts.

Table of Contents

Charette's Aide-de-Camp	9	(9)
The Gratitude of Kings	18	(2)
The Twins	20	(14)
How Jean Oullier, Coming to see the Marquis for an Hour, would be three still if they had not both been in their Grave these ten Years	34	(8)
A Litter of Wolves	42	(8)
The Wounded Hare	50	(8)
Monsieur Michel	58	(8)
The Baronne de la Logerie	66	(10)
Galon-d'or and Allegro	76	(10)
In which Things do not Happen Precisely Baron Michel Dreamed they would	86	(9)
The Foster-Father	95	(9)
Noblesse Oblige	104	(10)
A Distant Cousin	114	(10)
Petit-Pierre	124	(13)
An Unseasonable Hour	137	(11)
Courting Diplomacy	148	(8)
The Tavern of Aubin Courte-Joie	156	(9)
The Man from La Logerie	165	(12)
The Fair at Montaigu	177	(7)
The Outbreak	184	(12)
Jean Oullier's Resources	196	(11)
Fetch! Pataud, fetch!	207	(7)
To whom the Cottage Belonged	214	(8)
How Marianne Picaut mourned her Husband	222	(5)
Is which Love lends Political Opinions to those who have none	227	(8)
The Springs of Bauge	235	(12)
The Guests at Souday	247	(9)
In which the Marquis de Souday bitterly regrets that Petit-Pierre is not a Gentlemen	256	(7)
The Vendeans of 1832	263	(6)
The Warning	269	(7)
My Old Crony Loriot	276	(9)
The General Eats a Supper which has not been Prepared for Him	285	(6)
In which Maitre Loriot's Curiosity is not exactly satisfied	291	(7)
The Tower Chamber	298	(8)
Which ends quite otherwise than as Mary expected	306	(10)
Blue and White	316	(11)
Which shows that it is not for Flies only that Spiders' Webs are dangerous	327	(12)
In which the Daintiest Foot of France and of Navarre finds that Cinderella's Slipper dies not fit it as Well as Seven-league Boots	339	(8)
Petit-Pierre makes the best Meal he ever made is his Life	347	(15)
Equality in Death	362	(12)
The Search	374	(11)
In which Jean Oullier speaks his mind about young Baron Michel	385	(13)
Baron Michel becomes Bertha's Aide-de-Camp	398	(7)
Maitre Jacques and his Rabbits	405	(15)
The Danger of Meeting bad Company in the Woods	420	(11)
Maitre Jacques Proceeds to keep the Oath he made to Aubin Courte-Joie	431