The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas
The Wolf-Leader, written by Alexandre Dumas, is a novel that tells the story of a young man named Edmond Dantès who is wrongfully accused of treason and imprisoned. After many years, he manages to escape and seeks revenge against those who betrayed him. The novel explores themes of justice, loyalty, and betrayal, and is known for its exciting plot twists and memorable characters.
By Alexandre Dumas · First published 1857 · Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Historical Fiction · 33 chapters · 106,064 words
First lines
Why, I ask myself, during those first twenty years of my literary life, from 1827 to 1847, did I so rarely turn my eyes and thoughts towards the little town where I was born, towards the woods amid which it lies embowered, and the villages that cluster round it? How was it that during all that time the world of my youth seemed to me to have disappeared, as if hidden behind a cloud, whilst the future which lay before me shone clear and resplendent, like those magic islands which Columbus and his companions mistook for baskets of flowers floating on the sea?
Alas! simply because during the first twenty years of our life, we have Hope for our guide, and during the last twenty, Reality.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Date: 1857 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Historical Fiction, Adventure
- Length: 106,064 words
- Structure: 33 chapters, 2,030 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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Genres
- Fantasy — The book uses supernatural elements of a transformation of a man into a wolf, quite common in the fantasy genre.
- Horror — The book also includes dark, fearful, and suspenseful themes and scenes common in the horror genre.
- Historical Fiction — The narrative is set in historical France, mingling real events and characters with the fictional storyline and fantasy elements.
- Adventure — The protagonist engages in a series of physical and mental challenges typical of an adventure narrative.
Tags
Adventure · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mythology · Paranormal · Supernatural · French Literature · Classic Novel · Romance · Action · Epic · Escape
Contents
- CHAPTER I
- THE GRAND MASTER OF HIS HIGHNESS' WOLF HOUNDS
- CHAPTER II
- THE SEIGNEUR JEAN AND THE SABOT-MAKER
- CHAPTER III
- AGNELETTE
- CHAPTER IV
- THE BLACK WOLF
- CHAPTER V
- THE PACT WITH SATAN
- CHAPTER VI
- THE BEDEVILLED HAIR
- CHAPTER VII
- THE BOY AT THE MILL
- CHAPTER VIII
- THIBAULT'S WHISHES
- CHAPTER IX
- THE WOLF-LEADER
- MAITRE MAGLOIRE
- DAVID AND GOLIATH
- WOLVES IN THE SHEEP FOLD
- WHERE IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT A WOMAN NEVER SPEAKS MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN WHEN SHE HOLDS HER TONGUE
- A VILLAGE WEDDING
- THE LORD OF VAUPARFOND
- MY LADY'S LADY
- THE BARON DE MONT-GOBERT
- DEATH AND RESURRECTION
- THE DEAD AND THE LIVING
- TRUE TO TRYST
- THE GENIUS OF EVIL
- THIBAULT'S LAST WISH
- THE ANNIVERSARY
- HUNTING DOWN THE WERE-WOLF