The Corsican Brothers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexandre Dumas, pèr
- First Published: 1844
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1841
- Setting: Corsica and Paris
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, France or French people, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Paris, Brothers, Death or dying, Revenge, Duels or dueling, Parties
- Locales: Paris, France, Corsica
Characters Discussed
Madame Savilia de Franchi (sa-vee- LYEEUH deh frahn-SHEE), the kind, indomitable, aristocratic Corsican hostess of the narrator. Although widowed and reduced to lesser means from former affluence, Madame de Franchi takes great pride in hospitality at her Sullacaro estate and is honored to have as a guest an eminent novelist. The mother of Siamese twins who had been separated successfully, she learns of her absent son’s health through the report of the psychic twin at home. As a family, she explains, the de Franchis have had an interesting history; she and...
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