Celebrated Crimes (Complete Series – All 18 Books in One Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. True Stories & Historical Accounts of Infamous Real-Life Criminal Events from the PastBy Alexandre Dumas
Length69h 36m
About this audiobook
In Celebrated Crimes, Alexandre Dumas gathers eighteen historical narratives of murder, conspiracy, fanaticism, and judicial spectacle, ranging across Renaissance courts, religious conflict, and the darker corridors of European power. Written with the pacing of popular fiction yet grounded in chronicle, trial record, and anecdote, the series occupies a distinctive place between history, true crime, and Romantic melodrama. Dumas transforms notorious cases into moral dramas, attentive to motive, atmosphere, and the theatrical force of fate. Dumas, already renowned for The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, was drawn throughout his career to history as a living stage on which private passions alter public events. His mixed heritage, republican sympathies, and appetite for archival storytelling helped shape his fascination with injustice, revenge, ambition, and reputation. In these pieces, the novelist's gift for characterization illuminates the criminal not merely as villain, but as a figure produced by society, circumstance, and desire. This complete edition is recommended for readers interested in classic true crime, historical narrative, and the evolution of nineteenth-century popular literature. It offers both intellectual substance and narrative pleasure, revealing Dumas as a historian of human extremity as much as a master storyteller.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length69 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 2, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Celebrated Crimes (Complete Series – All 18 Books in One Edition) (Annotated)
22Nisida
2Introduction
23Derues (pt. 1)
3Author Biography
24Derues (pt. 2)
4Historical Context
25La Constantin (pt. 1)
5Synopsis (Selection)
26La Constantin (pt. 2)
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6The Borgias (pt. 1)
27Joan of Naples (pt. 1)
7The Borgias (pt. 2)
28Joan of Naples (pt. 2)
8The Borgias (pt. 3)
29The Man in the Iron Mask (An Essay)
9The Borgias (pt. 4)
30Martin Guerre
10The Cenci
31Ali Pacha (pt. 1)
11Massacres of the South (pt. 1)
32Ali Pacha (pt. 2)
12Massacres of the South (pt. 2)
33The Countess De Saint-Geran
13Massacres of the South (pt. 3)
34Murat
14Massacres of the South (pt. 4)
35The Marquise De Brinvilliers (pt. 1)
15Mary Stuart (pt. 1)
36The Marquise De Brinvilliers (pt. 2)
16Mary Stuart (pt. 2)
37Vaninka
17Mary Stuart (pt. 3)
38The Marquise De Ganges
18Mary Stuart (pt. 4)
39Analysis
19Karl-Ludwig Sand
40Reflection
20Urbain Grandier (pt. 1)
41Memorable Quotes
21Urbain Grandier (pt. 2)
Die Geschichte einer großen Liebe: Lady Hamilton und Lord NelsonAlexandre Dumas, Heinrich Smidt30h 22m$1 · $0.00
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo & The Three MuskateersAlexandre Dumas75h 17m$95 · $0.00
Les Compagnons de JéhuAlexandre Dumas24h 54m$0.99 · $0.00
El conde de MontecristoAlexandre Dumas53h 23m$0.99 · $0.00
Le Château d'EppsteinAlexandre Dumas8h 49m$0.99 · $0.00
Les GaribaldiensAlexandre Dumas9h 15m$0.99 · $0.00
El Hombre de la Máscara de HierroAlexandre Dumas15h 18m$0.99 · $0.00
Geschichtsträger: Charaktere, die Zeiten überbrückenAlexandre Dumas, Stefan Zweig, George Eliot, Alfred Schirokauer, Heinrich Vollrat Schumacher, Julius Wolff, Klabund, Jakob Wassermann, Dmitri Mereschkowski, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Arthur Schurig, Ida Gräfin Hahn-Hahn, Franz Werfel, Dora Duncker, Walter Scott, August Sperl, Richard von Kralik, John Erskine392h 21m$1 · $0.00
Myladyn poikaAlexandre Dumas31h 47m$0.99 · $0.00
Le Collier de la reineAlexandre Dumas32h 17m$0.99 · $0.00
Twenty Years AfterAlexandre Dumas29h 8m$0.99 · $0.00
60 Adventure ClassicsAlexandre Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Rider Haggard, G. A. Henty, Jack London, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Maurice Leblanc, Bret Harte, H. G. Wells, R. M. Ballantyne, George Augustus Sala, Max Brand, James Fenimore Cooper, Zane Grey, Daniel Defoe, Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling, Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Mary Mapes Dodge, Mark Twain, Selma Lagerlöf, Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald, Carlo Collodi, Robert Montgomery Bird, H. C. McNeile, Oliver Optic, E. W. Hornung, Baroness Orczy, E. Nesbit, James Oliver Curwood, Mrs. Loudon, William Clark Russell, Frederick Marryat, Richard Henry Dana, Joshua Slocum, Rafael Sabatini964h 33m$1.49
The Greatest Novels of Alexandre Dumas (Annotated)Alexandre Dumas441h 56m$2 · $0.00
Napoleon Bonaparte (Kommentiert)Alexandre Dumas9h 45m$1 · $0.00
Der Graf von Monte Christo (Kommentiert)Alexandre Dumas47h 5m$1 · $0.00
Gabriel Lambert (Kommentiert)Alexandre Dumas6h 26m$1 · $0.00
Die Fünfundvierzig (Kommentiert)Alexandre Dumas23h 43m$1 · $0.00
Alexandre Dumas: 40+ Historical Novels, Adventure Classics & True Crime Stories (Illustrated) (Annotated)Alexandre Dumas511h 46m$2 · $0.00
Die Kameliendame (Kommentiert)Alexandre Dumas10h 27m$1 · $0.00
Der Graf von Monte Christo (Illustrierte Ausgabe) (Kommentiert)Alexandre Dumas12h 52m$1 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 9m$0.99 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5.0 (2)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
The Red Record (Annotated)Ida B. Wells-Barnett5h 19m$0.99 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
The Antiquities of the Jews (Annotated)Flavius Josephus59h 14m$3 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
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