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Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors.
Apr 2, 2014 · Alexandre Dumas was born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, France, to Marie Louise Labouret and General Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie.
Alexandre Dumas, père (born July 24, 1802, Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France—died December 5, 1870, Puys, near Dieppe) was one of the most prolific and most popular French authors of the 19th century. Without ever attaining indisputable literary merit, Dumas succeeded in gaining a great reputation first as a dramatist and then as a ...
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Oct 3, 2023 · Portrait du Général Dumas by Olivier Pichat, 1883, via Black Past Alexandre Dumas was born Dumas Davy de La Pailleterie in Villers-Cotterêts in Aisne, Picardy, France, on July 24th, 1802. His father was Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, who had been born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (today Haiti) to the French nobleman and general commissaire in the colony artillery, Alexandre Antoine Davy ...
Nov 10, 2018 · French author Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) wrote novels that came to epitomize the adventure genre. In works such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Crist o, Dumas eschewed historical accuracy and literary elegance to craft stories that delivered non-stop action.
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Alexandre Dumas. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.
This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son).For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils. Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.
