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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781843911654 ISBN: 1843911655 Label: Hesperus Press Manufacturer: Hesperus Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 124 Publication Date: January 01, 2008 Publisher: Hesperus Press Studio: Hesperus Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Corsican BrothersTHis is a book that is from my past. I have a collection of Alexandre Dumas books from my Dad. This is a little known book of his. We all read THE THREE MUSKETEERS, COUNTE OF MONTE CRISTO. This is a fun story about twin brothers, separated at birth and brought up in very different circumstances in revolutionary times in France and Italy. This copy is new and was received in timely fashion. it is hard to come by. Thanks again Amazon. Rating:  - Fast paced and weirdSeparated conjoined twins are mutually empathic and engage in full on obsessive vendettas. Rating: - Still pleasing after all this yearsI read this book when I was very young, a child. The story is still interesting and entertaining. Would love to see the story transformed into a movie. Good story. Rating: - waiting for the Count of MontecristoThis short novel By Alexander Dumas is nice and quite interesting in spite of the fact that the plot is not particualrly elaborated. The plot goes more or less as follows. Dumas is a famous writer undertaking a journey in Corsica, meets one the two Corsican brothers, goes back to Paris, meets and befriends the other brother who enjoying the life Parisian high society. This second brother falls in love, has to fight in a duel and dies. The other brother who had sworn never to leave his mother ... Read More Rating: - A Pleasant Surprise!As The Corsican Brothers is one of Dumas' less popular works (I'm not sure if I should call it a novella or a short story), I expected it to be fairly dry: either very historical or very travel-oriented. It IS travel-oriented, and one CAN see the travel writer incarnation of Dumas, but it is far from boring and does not lack for interesting characters. The brothers may not have the relentless adventures of D'Artagnan, but they leap off the page and make themselves unforgettable nonetheless. There are ... Read More 
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