Korsikan veljekset by Alexandre Dumas
"Korsikan veljekset" by Alexandre Dumas is a novella written in the mid-19th century. It centers on Corsican twin brothers—Lucian on the island and Louis in Paris—whose uncanny bond intersects with the island’s traditions of honor and vendetta, as seen through the eyes of a traveling narrator. Expect an atmospheric blend of travelogue, family legend, and tension between old codes and modern law. The opening of the novella follows a narrator arriving in
Corsica in 1841, lodging with Madame Savilia de Franchi and meeting her son Lucian, while his twin Louis studies in Paris. The narrator is immersed in village life, fortified houses, and the vendetta culture; Lucian shows ancestral weapons and recounts a family history of blood-feud and prophetic apparitions tied to the twins. Acting as a mediator, Lucian arranges a nocturnal meeting with the outlaw Orlandi and orchestrates a public reconciliation between the feuding Orlandi and Colonna clans, solemnized in the church and notarized in the square. The section ends with the narrator preparing to depart, bearing a letter to Louis and carrying a vivid first impression of Corsican customs and the twins’ mysterious connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Blomqvist, Hanna |
| Uniform Title | Les frères corses. Finnish |
| Title | Korsikan veljekset |
| Original Publication | Brooklyn: Siirtolaisen Kirjapaino, 1901. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Vendetta -- Fiction |
| Subject | Brothers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Twins -- Fiction |
| Subject | Corsica (France) -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76959 |
| Release Date | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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