19th-century French literature concerns the developments in French literature during a dynamic period in French history that saw the rise of Democracy and the fitful end of Monarchy and Empire. The pe
Notable 19th-century French literary figures.
Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright.
19th-century French literature
…in the arts. French literature from the first half of the century was dominated by Romanticism, which is associated with such authors as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, père, François-René de Chateaubriand, Alphonse de Lamartine, Gérard de Nerval, Charles Nodier, Alfred de Musset, Théophile Gautier, and Alfred de Vigny…
A portrait of Dumas by the French photographer Nadar in 1855
General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, engraving by Antoine Maurin
The Château de Monte-Cristo in Le Port-Marly