Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright.
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
The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, then published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, alo
Alexandre Dumas
…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. He also wrote many plays and, since the early 20th century…
Louis Français Dantès sur son rocher
The protagonist, Edmond Dantès, was a merchant sailor before his imprisonment. (Illustration by Pierre-Gustave Staal)
Château d'If (Marseille)
Actor James O'Neill as the Abbé Busoni