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بياض الثلج وحكايات أخرى [bayad althalj wahikayat 'ukhra]
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264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Alexandre Dumas
7,001 books12.4k followersThis note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
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January 30, 2019
حكايات خرافية تصور الصراع بين الخير والشر، وتعرض لبعض الحكم الأخلاقية بشكل رمزي بسيط لا يخلو من السخرية والفكاهة في بعض القصص .. أكثر القصص التي اعجبتني هي "جندي من رصاص" رغم أنها مشتقة من حكاية أخرى لهانز كريستيان اندرسن .. بشكل عام تصلح للصغار أكثر
ملحوظة: في الصفحة 40 ييقول الراوي للأطفال"ما سأحكية لكم ليس حكاية وإنما قصة" ولم يوضح الفارق بين الحكاية والقصة، ويبدو أن الكاتب يقصد بالحكاية كل ما نطلق عليه "الحكايات الخرافية"، وكان يجب على المترجم توضيح الفارق
ملحوظة: في الصفحة 40 ييقول الراوي للأطفال"ما سأحكية لكم ليس حكاية وإنما قصة" ولم يوضح الفارق بين الحكاية والقصة، ويبدو أن الكاتب يقصد بالحكاية كل ما نطلق عليه "الحكايات الخرافية"، وكان يجب على المترجم توضيح الفارق
May 20, 2021
حكايات جميلة
August 3, 2019
بياض الثلج و حكايات أخرى ، هو كتاب مترجم للكاتب الفرنسي ألكساندر دوما ، ترجمة محمد بنعبود.
يتناول الكتاب عدد من القصص التي تتوجه للناشئة ،
غالبية القصص قد قرأتها في طفولتي كبياض الثلج ، قصة الجندي و راقصة من ورق .
هذه القصص القصيرة تحمل في طياتها معاني كثيرة لمن يتمعن فيها ، و تحمل الكثير من العبر التي تهدف لتنشئة جيل واعي و يتحلى بالصفات الحسنة التي تمت الاشارة لها في القصص .
اقتباسات:
* فمن المعلوم، يا أطفالي الأعزاء، أن ضميرًا غير مرتاح لا يدع صاحبه في هدأةٍ أبدًا.
* كم هو سهل أن نرى مساوئ الآخرين، بينما يجعلنا حبنا لذواتنا نعتقد أننا كاملون.
يتناول الكتاب عدد من القصص التي تتوجه للناشئة ،
غالبية القصص قد قرأتها في طفولتي كبياض الثلج ، قصة الجندي و راقصة من ورق .
هذه القصص القصيرة تحمل في طياتها معاني كثيرة لمن يتمعن فيها ، و تحمل الكثير من العبر التي تهدف لتنشئة جيل واعي و يتحلى بالصفات الحسنة التي تمت الاشارة لها في القصص .
اقتباسات:
* فمن المعلوم، يا أطفالي الأعزاء، أن ضميرًا غير مرتاح لا يدع صاحبه في هدأةٍ أبدًا.
* كم هو سهل أن نرى مساوئ الآخرين، بينما يجعلنا حبنا لذواتنا نعتقد أننا كاملون.
December 31, 2023
منبهر إن ألكسندر دوما اللي كتب الكونت دي مونت كريستو هو اللي كتب سنووايت!
الراجل ده عبقري.
الراجل ده عبقري.
May 13, 2020
جميعا بالتأكيد يعرف قصة بياض الثلج ولكن اغلبنا لا يعرف الانانى كارل والفيلسوف نيكولا..قصص جميلة❤❤
March 8, 2018
قصص معبرة للصغار و المراهقين لكن لا ضير في أن يقرأها الكبار فهي تحمل من المعاني الكثير ، و التي مع انشغالاتنا لم نعد نأبه لها
في هذا الكتاب أو المجموعة القصصية ستجد نفسك في مواجهة بعض التساؤلات بشأن حياتك
كتاب أنصح به جدا
في هذا الكتاب أو المجموعة القصصية ستجد نفسك في مواجهة بعض التساؤلات بشأن حياتك
كتاب أنصح به جدا
November 25, 2023
لطيف جداً
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