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Rocambole
La colección completa y definitiva de la saga de Rocambole. 9 aventuras desarrolladas a lo largo de 40 libros. Edición traducida y editada por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez cerca de 1908. Los 33 primeros títulos son los originales de Ponson Du Terrail y los 7 últimos las secuelas autorizadas escritas por Guéroult tras la muerte repentina de Ponson Du Terrail.
Paul Féval escribió como "negro" cuatro de los libros, los que constituyen la aventura "Los Caballeros Del Claro De Luna".
Esta edición concreta de la colección aparece citada en "El Club Dumas" de Pérez-Reverte como una de las preciadas joyas de la corona del coleccionista Enrique Taillefer.
Rocambole es una de las obras cumbre del folletín francés del siglo XIX y uno de los antecedentes de la moderna novela de misterio y criminal, escrito entre 1857 y 1875.
El formato de cada una de las cuarenta entregas de esta edición es el de novela popular en formato revista, común en esos años.
Paul Féval escribió como "negro" cuatro de los libros, los que constituyen la aventura "Los Caballeros Del Claro De Luna".
Esta edición concreta de la colección aparece citada en "El Club Dumas" de Pérez-Reverte como una de las preciadas joyas de la corona del coleccionista Enrique Taillefer.
Rocambole es una de las obras cumbre del folletín francés del siglo XIX y uno de los antecedentes de la moderna novela de misterio y criminal, escrito entre 1857 y 1875.
El formato de cada una de las cuarenta entregas de esta edición es el de novela popular en formato revista, común en esos años.
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4000 pages
Published January 1, 1908
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About the author
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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November 29, 2025
Ce dovadă mai bună poate veni în sprijinul calității unei cărți (sau măcar a prizei acesteia la publicul larg, generație după generație) decât faptul că numele protagonistului a ajuns în timp să fie substantivizat!
Acesta este Rocambole, adolescentul orfan, care are o tinerețe zbuciumată, de multe ori încălcând chiar legea, ajunge să fie eroul pozitiv, care înfruntă, cu succes, tot felul de ticăloși.
Iar de fiecare dată există un singur învingător...
Acesta este Rocambole, adolescentul orfan, care are o tinerețe zbuciumată, de multe ori încălcând chiar legea, ajunge să fie eroul pozitiv, care înfruntă, cu succes, tot felul de ticăloși.
Iar de fiecare dată există un singur învingător...
July 24, 2017
Eu li Rocambole aos 14 anos. Minha vizinha possuía uma biblioteca com obras traduzidas, a maioria francesas.
Eu havia terminado "Os Três Mosqueteiros" de Dumas . Capa e espada estavam no meu imaginário!
Ela emprestou-me os sete grossos volumes do Rocambole. Foi muito bom!
Agora, aos 79 tenho vontade de voltar a ver aquelas jóias!
Eu havia terminado "Os Três Mosqueteiros" de Dumas . Capa e espada estavam no meu imaginário!
Ela emprestou-me os sete grossos volumes do Rocambole. Foi muito bom!
Agora, aos 79 tenho vontade de voltar a ver aquelas jóias!
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