Project Gutenberg 2012-10-29 Public domain in the USA. 118 Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 Dumas, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre, pere père, Alexandre Dumas The Sicilian Bandit From the Volume "Captain Paul" Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger "The Sicilian Bandit" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. The story unfolds in Sicily and centers on Pascal Bruno, a young man with a tragic past related to his family's dark history and the consequences of noble betrayal. The narrative promises themes of love, vengeance, and the struggle between social classes, set against the richly depicted backdrop of Palermo and its cultural tensions. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the beautiful city of Palermo and its intertwining stories of ambition, pride, and love. We meet Countess Gemma, who is presented as a figure of beauty and nobility but finds herself in a complicated romantic entanglement involving her fiancé, Gaetano, and an unexpected visitor, Pascal Bruno. The events take a dramatic turn as Pascal confronts Gemma in a bid to negotiate his love for Teresa, a young woman betrothed to Gaetano, leading to tensions that ignite a deeper historical conflict tied to Pascal's father's execution. This opening sets the stage for a tale imbued with heroism, betrayal, and a bandit's quest for meaning amid the chaos of Sicilian politics and personal vendettas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Brigands and robbers -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 233437 233438 2024-10-17T11:00:30.931832 2023-09-18T05:31:08.434582 text/html text/html 240771 2021-02-18T23:11:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 76646 2021-02-18T23:11:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 153074 2024-10-17T11:00:37.778759 application/epub+zip 156217 2024-10-17T11:00:34.072787 application/epub+zip 140496 2024-10-17T11:00:32.667809 application/epub+zip 303719 2024-10-17T11:00:40.546771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285780 2024-10-17T11:00:37.034804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274794 2022-09-18T19:32:35.840373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194677 2024-10-17T11:00:30.375833 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 197802 2016-11-21T11:21:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 72647 2016-11-21T11:24:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 194348 2013-07-27T15:30:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 72210 2013-07-27T15:32:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194339 2013-07-27T15:30:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72194 2013-07-27T15:32:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22779 2024-10-17T11:00:40.680740 application/rdf+xml 14471 2024-10-17T11:00:33.393804 image/jpeg 3711 2024-10-17T11:00:33.102774 image/jpeg 150890 2024-10-17T11:00:30.950825 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia