The Corsican Brothers (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexandre Dumas, pèr
- First Published: 1844
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1841
- 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
Places Discussed
*Corsica. Mountainous French island in the Mediterranean Sea. Smaller than Sicily, Sardinia, or Cyprus, Corsica is just over one hundred miles south of mainland France. The novel opens with the Parisian narrator, a fictionalized Alexandre Dumas, arriving in Corsica after a visit to Elba, a much smaller French island northeast of Corsica. From Corte and Ajaccio, Corsica’s capital, he travels south to Sartène. Whereas the itinerary the narrator recommends to fellow French travelers emphasizes Corsica’s geographical proximity to Toulon, on the French...
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