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Alexandre Dumas


Born
in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France
July 24, 1802

Died
December 05, 1870

Genre
Adventure, Romance, Fiction

Influences
Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Hector Berlioz ...more


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. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.

Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the ...more

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The Count of Monte Cristo
4.30 avg rating — 920,127 ratings — published 1844 — 3228 editions
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The Three Musketeers
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The Man in the Iron Mask
3.99 avg rating — 68,864 ratings — published 1850 — 1267 editions
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Twenty Years After (The d'A...
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The Black Tulip
3.84 avg rating — 20,605 ratings — published 1850 — 1390 editions
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The Prince of Thieves
4.02 avg rating — 17,441 ratings — published 1862 — 84 editions
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Queen Margot
4.15 avg rating — 13,547 ratings — published 1845 — 703 editions
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I ...
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Series by Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers Twenty Years After Twenty Years After: A Seque... Il visconte di Bragelonne The Vicomte de Bragelonne Louise de La Vallière
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The Three Musketeers Los tres mosqueteros, 2 Vingt ans après, 1 Vingt ans après, tome 2 پس از بیست سال: جلد ٣
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The Three Musketeers The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to... Twenty Years After: A Seque... Blood Royal: A Sequel to th... Between Two Kings Court of Daggers Devil's Dance
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II The Count of Monte Cristo, ... The Count of Monte Cristo, ... The Count of Monte Cristo, ... The Count of Monte Cristo, ...
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Queen Margot La Dame de Monsoreau. Volume 1 The Forty-Five Guardsmen Ascanio: Volume I The Two Dianas The Page of the Duke of Sav... The horoscope: a romance of...
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Quotes by Alexandre Dumas  (?)
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“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
― Alexandre Dumas
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“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
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“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
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