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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.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and works of Alexandre Dumas, a prolific French author of historical adventure novels such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Discover his family background, writing career, personal life and legacy.
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 · Learn about the life and works of Alexandre Dumas, one of France's most famous and widely read authors. Discover his mixed-race heritage, his involvement in political revolutions, his collaborations with other writers, and his enduring legacy.
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Nov 10, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Alexandre Dumas, the French author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Discover how he became a prolific and popular writer of historical adventure novels and plays.
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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.
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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