Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 1: Desrues

About this film

LibriVox recording of Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 1: Desrues by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by George Burnham Ives.) Read in English by John Van Stan This story chronicles the crimes of Antoine-Francois Desrues (also called "Derues") from his childhood to his execution. Desrues constructed the veneer of a virtuous reputation that hid his ever-increasing deviancy from society. Eventually, his lust for fame and fortune (especially the latter) crumbled his virtuous veneer, revealing the startling extent of his crimes, and condemning him to justice by the executioner's hand. - Summary by jvanstan For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (121MB)

Directors & creators

Alexandre Dumas

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;paris; poison; antoine francois desrues; derues; poisoner

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