The Countess of Salisbury (novel)

1836 novel

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The Countess of Salisbury

1848 edition

Author| Alexandre Dumas
Language| French

Publication date

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Publication place| France
Media type| Print

The Countess of Salisbury (French: La Comtesse de Salisbury) is an 1836 historical adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised in the newly founded La Presse newspaper between July and September 1836.[1] Dumas had been writing plays since the 1820s, but this marked his first serialised novel. In 1839 it was published as a three volume edition and a year later was published in an English translation.[2] Walter Scott was an influence on the author's writings, and he praises him in the preface of the 1839 edition in comparison to Genlis and Cottin.[3]

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The novel is inspired by the life of the Countess of Salisbury and her relations with Edward III of England in the fourteenth century.

## Plot

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## References

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1. ^ Pearson p.495
2. ^ Trigg p.107
3. ^ Maxwell p.101

## Bibliography

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* Maxwell, Richard. The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650-1950. The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650–1950.
* Pearson, Roger. The Beauty of Baudelaire: The Poet as Alternative Lawgiver. Oxford University Press, 2021.
* Trigg, Stephanie. Shame and Honor: A Vulgar History of the Order of the Garter. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.

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Alexandre Dumas père

Novels|

* The Conspirators
* The Count of Monte Cristo
* The Countess of Salisbury
* The Three Musketeers
* The Fencing Master
* The Corsican Brothers
* The Black Tulip
* Captain Pamphile
* Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
* La Dame de Monsoreau
* Georges
* The Knight of Sainte-Hermine
* The Queen's Necklace
* La Reine Margot
* The New Troy
* Twenty Years After
* The Two Dianas
* The Vicomte de Bragelonne
* The Companions of Jehu
* The Wolf Leader
* La Sanfelice
* The Women's War

Travelogues|

* Le Speronare
* Le Capitaine Aréna
* Le Corricolo

Characters|

* Edmond Dantès
* Aramis
* Athos
* Anne of Austria
* d'Artagnan
* Abbé Faria
* Milady de Winter
* Porthos
* Cardinal Richelieu
* Comte de Rochefort
* M. de Tréville

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* Alexandre Dumas fils (son)
* Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father)
* Marie-Cessette Dumas (grandmother)
* Auguste Maquet (collaborator)
* Théâtre Historique
* Château de Monte-Cristo
* L'Autre Dumas (2010 film)
* Orson Welles and People (lost documentary)

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