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Dumas, Alexandre
1824
1895
fils, Alexandre Dumas
Dumas, A. (Alexandre)
hijo, Alejandro Dumas
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
"A Sequel to The Clemenceau Case by Alexander Dumas (fils)"
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"The Son of Clemenceau: A Novel of Modern Love and Life" by Alexandre Dumas is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. This story serves as a sequel to "The Clemenceau Case" and delves into themes of love, social class struggles, and personal identity against a richly detailed backdrop of urban life, specifically set in Munich. The novel introduces complex characters such as a student drawn to the city's historical allure and a mysterious young woman with musical talent, hinting at intersecting fates and romantic entanglements. The opening of the novel paints a vivid picture of Munich at twilight, where a young, solitary student observes the city's juxtaposition of grandeur and poverty. He encounters a gathering of beggars led by a formidable old woman, Baboushka, who exerts a strange sense of authority over them. The tension escalates as the student witnesses an attempted assault on a young singer by the brutish Baron von Sendlingen, leading him to intervene. This encounter spirals into conflict, igniting jealousy and igniting a series of dramatic events. As the narrative unfolds, the student finds himself entangled in a dangerous situation that not only tests his valor but also intertwines his life with that of the beggar's daughter and opens up themes of vengeance and survival against a backdrop of societal decay and personal ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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