title: The Corsican Brothers: Corsica - Paris
author: Alexandre Dumas
description: "The author's cinematic brushstrokes brilliantly bring to life the clash of cultures . . . a welcome reminder of [Dumas's] storytelling brio." --"Times Literary Supplement"<br /><br />&lt;DIV&gt;
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  THE
  
  
  
  
  
  ENGLISH
  
  
  
  
  
  GIRL
  
  
  
  
  
  A NOVEL
  
  
  
  
  
  DANIEL
  
  
  
  
  
  SILVA
  
  
  
  
  
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  [DEDICATION](../Text/part0003.html#dedication)
  
  
  
  
  
  Once again, for my wife, Jamie, and my children, Lily and Nicholas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [EPIGRAPH](../Text/part0003.html#epigraph)
  
  
  
  
  
  He who lives an immoral life dies an immoral death.
  
  
  
  
  
  —Corsican proverb
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [PART ONE](../Text/part0003.html#hostage)
  
  
  
  
  
  [THE](../Text/part0003.html#hostage)
  
  
  
  
  
  [HOSTAGE](../Text/part0003.html#hostage)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1](../Text/part0003.html#chapter-1)
  
  
  
  
  
  PIANA, CORSICA
  
  
  
  
  
  They came for her in late August, on the island of Corsica. The precise time
  would never be determined—some point between sunset and noon the following day
  was the best any of her housemates could do. Sunset was when they saw her for
  the last time, streaking down the drive of the villa on a red motor scooter, a
  gauzy cotto