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Pauline: A New Translation
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 19 2025
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the shadowed corners of 1830s France, a woman haunts the memory of those who knew her. Pauline de Meulien possessed everything-beauty, wealth, talent-until the day she married the enigmatic Comte Horace de Beuzeval. What should have been the beginning of happiness became her descent into terror.
When Pauline defies her husband's orders and follows him to his crumbling Norman estate, she uncovers secrets that seal her fate. Now she faces an impossible choice: poison or a tomb. From this hour, her tormentor warns, you are dead.
Years later, Alexandre Dumas encounters the ghost-like figure of a woman he barely remembers. His friend Alfred de Nerval reveals Pauline's harrowing tale-a story of forbidden passages, false deaths, and a love that defied the grave itself.
Written in 1838 as Dumas's first gothic novel, Pauline weaves the atmospheric dread of the English gothic tradition with French Romantic sensibility. Here, in this early masterwork, lie the seeds of The Count of Monte Cristo: themes of betrayal, buried secrets, and the triumph of devotion over evil. A haunting departure from Dumas's adventure tales, Pauline remains a gripping exploration of psychological terror and enduring love.
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