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Les aventures de Rocambole: version intégrale
Rocambole est un personnage de fiction créé par Pierre Ponson du Terrail dans le roman-feuilleton Les Drames de Paris en 1857.Rocambole commence sa carrière de malfaiteur dès l'enfance sous les ordres du criminel sir Williams, en ayant recours aux usurpations d'identité, vols, chantages et meurtres pour parvenir à ses fins. Après un séjour au bagne, bien qu'il garde ses habitudes d'imposteur, il s'engage sur la voie de la rédemption en devenant justicier en marge de la société.De son nom, on a tiré l'adjectif rocambolesque pour qualifier des aventures invraisemblables. Les aventures de Rocambole sont parues en feuilleton entre 1857 et 1870 dans différents journaux quotidiens, puis en volumes dans de nombreuses éditions.Retrouver dans cette édition intégrale les récits que Ponson du Terrail intitula Les Drames de Paris :L'Héritage mystérieux (1857)Le Club des Valets-de-coeur (1858)Les Exploits de Rocambole (1858-1859), composé de :Une fille d'Espagne, La Mort du sauvage et l'épilogue La Revanche de BaccaratLes Chevaliers du clair de lune (1860-1863), composé de :Le Manuscrit du Domino et La Dernière Incarnation de RocamboleLe Testament de Grain de Sel et Le Château de Belle-OmbreLa Résurrection de Rocambole (1865-1866), composé de :Le Bagne de Toulon, Les Orphelines, Madeleine, Rédemption et La Vengeance de VasilikaLe Dernier mot de Rocambole (1866-1867), composé de :Les Ravageurs, Les Millions de la bohémienne, Le Club des crevés, La Belle Jardinière, Le Retour de Rocambole et Le Bûcher de la veuveLa Vérité sur Rocambole (1867)Les Misères de Londres (1867-1868), composé de :La Nourrisseuse d'enfants, L'Enfant perdu, Le Moulin sans eau, Newgate : Le Cimetière des suppliciés, Un drame dans le Southwark et L'Enfer de Miss BurtonLes Démolitions de Paris (1869), composé de :Les Amours du Limousin et La Captivité du maîtreLa Corde du pendu (1870), composé de :Le Fou de Bedlam et L'Homme en gris
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Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail
803 books62 followersPierre Alexis Joseph Ferdinand, vicomte de Ponson du Terrail (8 July 1829 - 20 January 1871) was a French writer. He was a prolific novelist, producing in the space of twenty years some seventy-three volumes, and is best remembered today for his creation of the fictional character of Rocambole.
Ponson du Terrail’s early works squarely belonged to the Gothic novel genre: his La Baronne Trépassée (1852) was a murky Ann Radcliffe-like tale of revenge in the macabre surroundings of 18th century Germany Black Forest. The novel was translated by Brian Stableford as The Vampire and the Devil's Son in 2007.
When Ponson du Terrail embarked in 1857 on writing the first novel of the Rocambole series, L’Héritage Mystérieux (also known as Les Drames de Paris) for the daily newspaper La Patrie, he merely meant to copy the success of Eugène Sue’s best-selling Les Mystères de Paris. Rocambole’s importance to Mystery fiction and Adventure novels cannot be underestimated, as it represents the transition from the old-fashioned Gothic novel to modern heroic fiction. The word rocambolesque has become common in French to label any kind of fantastic adventures, especially those with multiple new turns in the story.
Rocambole became a huge success, providing a constant and considerable source of revenue to Ponson du Terrail, who continued churning out his adventures. In total, he produced nine Rocambole novels. His other notable novels include Les Coulisses du monde (1853) and Le Forgeron de la Cour-Dieu (1869).
In August 1870, as Ponson du Terrail had embarked on a new Rocambole saga when Emperor Napoléon III surrendered to Germany. Ponson fled from Paris to his country estate near Orléans, where he gathered a group of like-minded companions and began a guerilla-style warfare, not unlike what Rocambole himself would have done. However, Ponson was soon forced to flee to Bordeaux after the Germans burned down his castle.
He died in Bordeaux in 1871, leaving the saga of Rocambole uncompleted and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris.
Ponson du Terrail’s early works squarely belonged to the Gothic novel genre: his La Baronne Trépassée (1852) was a murky Ann Radcliffe-like tale of revenge in the macabre surroundings of 18th century Germany Black Forest. The novel was translated by Brian Stableford as The Vampire and the Devil's Son in 2007.
When Ponson du Terrail embarked in 1857 on writing the first novel of the Rocambole series, L’Héritage Mystérieux (also known as Les Drames de Paris) for the daily newspaper La Patrie, he merely meant to copy the success of Eugène Sue’s best-selling Les Mystères de Paris. Rocambole’s importance to Mystery fiction and Adventure novels cannot be underestimated, as it represents the transition from the old-fashioned Gothic novel to modern heroic fiction. The word rocambolesque has become common in French to label any kind of fantastic adventures, especially those with multiple new turns in the story.
Rocambole became a huge success, providing a constant and considerable source of revenue to Ponson du Terrail, who continued churning out his adventures. In total, he produced nine Rocambole novels. His other notable novels include Les Coulisses du monde (1853) and Le Forgeron de la Cour-Dieu (1869).
In August 1870, as Ponson du Terrail had embarked on a new Rocambole saga when Emperor Napoléon III surrendered to Germany. Ponson fled from Paris to his country estate near Orléans, where he gathered a group of like-minded companions and began a guerilla-style warfare, not unlike what Rocambole himself would have done. However, Ponson was soon forced to flee to Bordeaux after the Germans burned down his castle.
He died in Bordeaux in 1871, leaving the saga of Rocambole uncompleted and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris.
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