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Alexandre Dumas concluded the adventures of the Three Musketeers with a romantic tale of injustice, revenge, camaraderie and honor.
Alexandre Dumas, author of the popular classic 'The Three Musketeers' is one of the most widely read French authors. On his 219th birth anniversary, here are some of his other memorable books.
The literary output of Alexandre Dumas père (1802-70) is so prodigious that it makes a mockery of attempts to enumerate it.Editions of his complete works—which include plays, poetry, history ...
Massive displays of pyrotechnics have been used for religious purposes and political ends. They delight crowds today much as ...
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is the author's best known novel. The story was originally serialized between March and July of 1844 in Le Siècle magazine. It is a fast paced adventure ...
His son, Alexandre Dumas fils, also became a successful novelist and playwright. Dumas died on 5 December 1870, at the age of 68, leaving behind a legacy of more than 100,000 published pages. More ...
THE JOURNAL OF MADAME GIOVANNI—Alexandra Dumas—Liveright ($3). Readers of two of the most readable books ever written—The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo—had an unusual ...
Tom Reiss places Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a general in Revolutionary France and the father of the Count of Monte Cristo author, atop a high pedestal. With clear admiration, Reiss explains that the ...
By the early 1850s, this Alexandre Dumas had become not only the famous novelist but, arguably, the most famous Frenchman in the world. At this point, garlanded with international fame and quickly ...
ALEXANDRE DUMAS AS ANIMAL LOVER; A Translation of the Great Romancer's Book of His Pets -- Dogs, Monkeys, Parrots, and What Not. Share full article. Dec. 11, 1909.
ALEXANDRE Dumas' life is being celebrated by today's Google Doodle. Dumas is one of the most widely read French authors of all time. Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was born in 1802 in Villers ...