Alexandre Dumas

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Alexandre Dumas

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born
July 24, 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, Paris, France

died
December 05, 1870

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Hector Berlioz


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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.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 641,101 ratings · 17,415 reviews · 656 distinct works
The Count of Monte Cristo
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 271,131 ratings — published 1844 — 590 editions
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The Three Musketeers
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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Twenty Years After
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Robin Hood
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 2,490 ratings — published 1863 — 30 editions
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The Black Tulip
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 2,570 ratings — published 1850 — 167 editions
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Queen Margot, or, Marguerit...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 2,030 ratings — published 1845 — 76 editions
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Vicomte de Bragelonne
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,745 ratings — published 1847 — 127 editions
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Louise de La Vallière
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 1847 — 53 editions
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The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 915 ratings — published 1846 — 46 editions
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More books by Alexandre Dumas…
The Three Musketeers Twenty Years After The Vicomte de Bragelonne O... Vicomte de Bragelonne Ten Years Later Louise de La Vallière The Man in the Iron Mask
The D'Artagnan Romances (7 books)
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3.942966312169649 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 78,515 ratings
The Cenci The Marquise de Brinvilliers Karl Ludwig Sand [Easyread ... Mary Stuart Queen of Scots Murat The Borgias
Celebrated crimes (19 books)
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3.8240652270845277 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 15,699 ratings
Queen Margot, or, Marguerit... Chicot the Jester The Forty-Five Guardsmen
The Last Valois (3 books)
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4.056842105263158 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 2,375 ratings
Joseph Balsamo The Queen's Necklace Taking the Bastile The Countess de Charny The Knight of Maison-Rouge
The Marie Antoinette Romances (5 books)
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3.8329411764705883 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
The Companions of Jehu The Whites and the Blues The Last Cavalier: Being th...
The Sainte-Hermine Cycle (3 books)
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3.5839694656488548 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 262 ratings
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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 of 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

“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.”
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