The Lord of the World (Mützelburg)

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Hardcover from 1914

The Lord of the World is a four-volume novel by Adolf Mützelburg . It appeared in Berlin in 1856. In this novel, " the deeds and sufferings of the original novelists multiply and ramify ... by families and generations ".

overview

The work should be understood as a continuation of Dumas The Count of Monte Christo . Mützelburg took over the individual characters almost unchanged, the course of the novel itself is very similar to Dumas' work. The only difference is that Mützelburg the individual fates of the protagonists - who come from different countries of the world - are brought together under the "leadership" of Edmont Dante into a large family, including his former enemies. The complete work in eight volumes The Lord of the World and the sequel The Million Bride were published in 1914 by Gyldahl & Hansen.

Protagonists

  • Edmond Dantes (known by a few pseudonyms, including the Count of Monte Christo, Lord Wilmore, Sindbad the Navigator, Lord Hope and others)
  • Haydee de Janina, daughter of Sultan Ali Pasha, Dantes' wife
  • Don Lotario de Toledo, Californian-Mexican hacienda owner
  • Wolfram Büchting, son of a Prussian researcher who emigrated to America
  • Therese Büchting, his supposedly missing sister
  • Eugenie Lansgard, daughter of Baron Danglars, Lansgard is an anagram of the surname Danglars
  • Amelie de Morcerf, illegitimate daughter of General Fernand de Morcerf (Mondego)
  • Albert Herrera, Morcerf's son, who took his mother's name after Morcerf's suicide
  • Judith, daughter of the merchant Eli Baruch Manasse from Oran
  • Etienne Rablasy, robber and opponent Lotario who appears under various pseudonyms
  • Benedetto, illegitimate son from the connection between Villefort and Madame Danglars, wanted criminal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Brümmer:  Mützelburg, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 117 f.
  2. ↑ Quarterly catalog of all new publications in the field of literature in Germany: sorted according to the sciences . Volume 11, 1856, page 81
  3. ↑ Volker Klotz: Telling: from Homer to Boccaccio, from Cervantes to Faulkner . CH Beck, 2006, ISBN 3-406-54273-5 , page 459