The Club Dumas

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The Club Dumas is a 1993 mystery novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte that blends literary detective work, rare book collecting, and occult intrigue centered around a manuscript linked to Alexandre Dumas and a demonic text.

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The Club Dumas canonical 7
El club Dumas 3
The Club Dumas (1993 novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mystery novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto The Ninth Gate ⓘ
author Arturo Pérez-Reverte ⓘ
centralTheme authorship and authenticity ⓘ
intertextuality ⓘ
literary detective work ⓘ
occult intrigue ⓘ
rare book collecting ⓘ
the nature of evil ⓘ
containsFictionalBook De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
featuresAuthor Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
featuresWorkOfFiction The Three Musketeers ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Roman Polanski ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Johnny Depp ⓘ
filmAdaptationTitleDifference The film adaptation focuses mainly on the occult subplot and omits much of the Dumas material ⓘ
genre bibliomystery ⓘ
literary thriller ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
occult fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Boris Balkan ⓘ
Flavio La Ponte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irene Adler (mysterious girl) ⓘ
linked to: Irene Adler

Varo Borja ⓘ
inspiredBy works of Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
literaryAllusion The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
The Three Musketeers ⓘ
mainCharacter Lucas Corso ⓘ
motif duality between popular fiction and high literature ⓘ
forgery and authenticity in books ⓘ
pacts with the devil ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
narrativeStyle metafictional ⓘ
notableFor complex interweaving of literary and occult plots ⓘ
detailed depiction of the antiquarian book trade ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle El club Dumas ⓘ
linked to: The Club Dumas
plotElement comparison of different copies of a satanic book ⓘ
investigation of a rare Dumas manuscript ⓘ
search for a demonic text ⓘ
protagonistOccupation book detective ⓘ
literary mercenary ⓘ
publicationYear 1993 ⓘ
publisher Alfaguara ⓘ
setting France ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Ninth Gate → basedOn → The Club Dumas ⓘ
Arturo Pérez-Reverte → notableWork → El club Dumas ⓘ
linked to: The Club Dumas
Arturo Pérez-Reverte → inspiredAdaptationOf → El club Dumas ⓘ
linked to: The Club Dumas
Liana Telfer → basedOn → The Club Dumas ⓘ
The Club Dumas → originalTitle → El club Dumas ⓘ
linked to: The Club Dumas
Dean Corso → basedOnWork → The Club Dumas ⓘ
Baroness Kessler → basedOnCharacterIn → novel The Club Dumas ⓘ
linked to: The Club Dumas
La Neuvième Porte → basedOn → The Club Dumas ⓘ
Boris Balkan → appearsIn → The Club Dumas ⓘ
Boris Balkan → firstAppearance → The Club Dumas (1993 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Club Dumas
Boris Balkan → adaptationFrom → The Club Dumas ⓘ
José Luis Alcaine → workedOn → The Club Dumas ⓘ