Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monte Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a vision of France that has become immortal.
"Dumas was...a summit of art. Nobody ever could, or did, or will improve upon Dumas's romances and plays." (George Bernard Shaw)
Added by: cekconsulting | Karma: 4.03 | Fiction literature | 17 August 2014
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Happy People Live Here
On the ninth floor of an upscale apartment of well to do families, a young couple will come to terms with the loss of their son and the impending release of their daughter from a psychiatric clinic on her fourth birthday.
Added by: KundAlini | Karma: 1594.10 | E-Books, Fiction literature | 17 August 2014
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Winter's Tale
Mark Helprin’s masterpiece will transport you to New York of the Belle Epoque. One winter night, Peter Lake – master mechanic and second-storey man – attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl dying of consumption. It is a love so powerful that Peter Lake, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.
Added by: KundAlini | Karma: 1594.10 | Kids, Fiction literature | 17 August 2014
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Maleficent
A deluxe novelization of the Walt Disney Studios film Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie.
This visually dazzling live action film explores the origins of one of the most iconic Disney villains: Maleficent, the infamous fairy who curses Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic Sleeping Beauty. This "origin" story is told from Maleficent's perspective, intersecting with the classic in both familiar and unexpected ways.
