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Dumas fils ( French for "son") was the son of Alexandre Dumas père ("father"), also a well-known playwright and author of classic works such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Dumas fils was admitted to the Académie française (French Academy) in 1874 and awarded the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 1894.
Alexandre Dumas, fils (born July 27, 1824, Paris, Fr.—died Nov. 27, 1895, Marly-le-Roi) was a French playwright and novelist, one of the founders of the “problem play”—that is, of the middle-class realistic drama treating some contemporary ill and offering suggestions for its remedy. He was the son ( fils) of the dramatist and novelist ...
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T he French author Alexandre Dumas, known as Dumas fils, b. July 27, 1824, d. Nov. 27, 1895, was the illegitimate son of Alexandre Dumas père. Like his illustrious father, he wrote novels and plays, establishing the genre known as the problem, or thesis, play. His output was copious, but it far from equalled the avalanche of works produced by ...
Alexandre Dumas dit Alexandre Dumas fils, né le 27 juillet 1824 à Paris et mort le 27 novembre 1895 à Marly-le-Roi, est un romancier et dramaturge français. Il fut comme son père un auteur à succès. Il est connu principalement pour son roman La Dame aux camélias, ainsi que pour deux pièces de théâtre, Le Fils naturel et Un père ...
Written by Alexandre Dumas fils (1824–1895) when he was 23 years old, and first published in 1848, La Dame aux Camélias is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the author's brief love affair with a courtesan, Marie Duplessis. Set in mid-19th-century France, the novel tells the tragic love story between fictional characters Marguerite ...
Alexandre Dumas, fils. Alexandre Dumas fils was born in Paris, France, the illegitimate child of Marie-Catherine Labay, a dressmaker, and novelist Alexandre Dumas. In 1831 his father legally recognized him (he adopted him) and ensured the young Dumas received the best education possible at the Institution Goubaux and the College Bourbon.
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Learn about the life and works of Alexandre Dumas fils, the son of the famous author of The Three Musketeers. Find out how he wrote Camille, a play inspired by his affair with a courtesan, and other novels and plays.
