Alexandre Dumas

Dumas in 1855 Alexandre Dumas, ; }} (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie,}} 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas ,'' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils.}} 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. 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''. Since the early 20th century, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris.

His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, an African slave. At age 14, Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.

Alexandre acquired work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, a career that led to his early success. Decades later, after the election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851, Dumas fell from favour and left France for Belgium, where he stayed for several years. He moved to Russia for a few years and then to Italy. In 1861, he founded and published the newspaper ''L'Indépendent'', which supported Italian unification. He returned to Paris in 1864.

English playwright Watts Phillips, who knew Dumas in his later life, described him as "the most generous, large-hearted being in the world. He also was the most delightfully amusing and egotistical creature on the face of the earth. His tongue was like a windmill – once set in motion, you would never know when he would stop, especially if the theme was himself." Provided by Wikipedia
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    Los hermanos corsos / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 1973
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    Le Comte de Monte-Cristo / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 1930
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    Cristina de Suecia ; Enrique III y su corte / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 1900
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    La Reine Margot / par Alexandre Dumas. by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 1928
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    Los caballeros templarios y otros relatos / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 1995
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    El hombre de la máscara de hierro / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 2000
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    Au service du Roi / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1964
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    Le vicomte de Bragelonne, uo, Dix ans plus tard / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

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    Le collier de la reine, T. 2 / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1876
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    Les trois mousquetaires / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1910
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    La boca del Infierno / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1970
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    Le comte de Monte-Cristo / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1964
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    Ange Pitou / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1969
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    Gabriel Lambert : ou, Le bagnard de l'Opéra / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1979
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    Kean : cinq actes / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

    Published 1954
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    The count of Monte Cristo / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 2002
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    The black tulip / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

    Published 1965
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    El conde de Montecristo / by Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

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    Los estuardos / by Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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