Thousand and One Ghosts

Thousand and One Ghosts
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Publisher : Alma Books
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 9780714549408
ISBN-13 : 0714549401
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Book Synopsis Thousand and One Ghosts by : Alexandre Dumas

Download or read book Thousand and One Ghosts written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming back into town after a hunting expedition, Alexandre Dumas witnesses an incredible scene: a man has come to hand himself in to the mayor after decapitating his wife, terrified by the fact that her severed head spoke to him even after her death. This prompts the guests at a dinner Dumas attends later that evening to exchange stories of death and the supernatural, ranging from accounts of the guillotine during the Terror to tales of vampires and fratricide in the Carpathians.The Thousand and One Ghosts - here presented in its first and only translation into English - is a gloriously macabre work by the celebrated author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, which also touches on the serious political issue of capital punishment.


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