Alexandre Dumas

Il s'agit d'un conte fantastique d'une cinquantaine de pages: Le ch teau de Wistgaw, au bord du Rhin, tait prot g par des nains au pouvoir surnaturel qui vivaient dans ses sous-sols: les cobolds. Mais il tait si vieux qu'il a fallu le d molir enti rement pour le reconstruire. Comme les travaux s' ternisaient la comtesse Berthe promit une excellente bouillie au miel tout le village chaque 1er mai si le ch teau tait b ti dans le d lai pr vu. Cette promesse engage aussi ses descendants. Malheur celui qui voudrait s'y soustraire, comme Hans de Warburg: les cobolds et le fant me de la comtesse se chargeront de lui imposer le respect des traditions.

R impression inchang e de l' dition originale de 1868.

R impression inchang e de l' dition originale de 1868.

R impression inchang e de l' dition originale de 1868.

R impression inchang e de l' dition originale de 1868.

Un mot sur la fa on dont l'histoire que l'on va lire est tomb e entre mes mains. J' tais Derbend, la ville aux portes de fer, chez le commandant de la forteresse, o nous d jeunions. La conversation tomba sur le romancier Marlynsky, lequel n'est autre que le Bestucheff, condamn aux mines, en Sib rie, pour la conspiration de 1825, et dont le fr re fut pendu la citadelle de Saint-P tesbourg, avec Pestel, Mouravieff, Kalkovsky et Ryl ief. Graci de ses travaux des mines en 1827, Bestucheff avait t fait soldat et envoy l'arm e du Caucase. Brave et se jetant en d sesp r au milieu de tous les dangers, il avait bient t reconquis le grade d'enseigne, et c'est avec ce grade qu'il habita pendant une ann e la forteresse de Derbend. On verra, dans mon Voyage au Caucase, quelle nouvelle catastrophe lui fit prendre en d go t la vie, et comment, dans une rencontre avec les Lesghiens, il se fit tuer par eux d'une mort aussi volontaire qu'un suicide.

Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1860.

Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1860.

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s v speras de seu noivado, o marinheiro Edmond Dant s tra do. Uma den ncia falsa de conspira o pol tica e um procurador corrupto o conduzem, sem julgamento, pris o. L , ele conhece o abade Faria, tamb m prisioneiro, que o ajuda a desvendar a trai o e lhe ensina ci ncias e l nguas. Depois de 14 anos, Dant s consegue fugir. Adota o nome de conde de Monte Cristo e sua raz o de viver passa a ser a vingan a contra aqueles que o tra ram.