Alexandre Dumas, père, (1802-1870), was a prolific French playwright, historian, and author, and one of the most widely read French authors in history. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, articles and dramatic plays, but is best known for his historical adventure novels. His most famous work remains his novel The Three Musketeers, the French title being Les Trois Mousquetaires. The book was originally released as a serial with the chapters appearing in issues of the magazine Le Siècle. The Three Musketeers was written in 1844. http://www.online-literature.com/dumas/
Dumas was written about by his contemporaries, giants of the literary world themselves. They are authors such as Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Robert-Louis Stevenson and Georges Perec.http://www.dumaspere.com/pages/english/sommaire.html
Dumas was also an adventurous traveler and a enthusiastic cook. Between 1852-1856, he worked on and then published his memoirs, where he describes being born in the small village of Villers-Cotterêts.http://www.dumaspere.com/pages/dictionnaire/memoires.html
Notable Fiction Works
- 1840: The Nutcracker
- 1844: The Three Musketeers
- 1845: Twenty Years After
- 1845-1846: The Count of Monte Cristo
- 1846: The Two Dianas
- 1850: The Black Tulip
- 1857: The Wolf-Leader
- 1869: The Knight of Sainte-Hermine
Notable Non-Fiction Works
The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
Narrated by Orson Wells, this clip is a thorough overview of the life of Alexandre Dumas who was born as Napoleon became Emperor of France. Dumas was well off but subsequently went bankrupt in the theater and died in poverty. "The Count of Monte Cristo" began as a newspaper serial. It is perceived as an complex and ingenious work, based around a plot written by an author who was widely considered a genius.
Notable Alexandre Dumas Films
Note: The majority of links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1948: The Three Musketeers
1973: The Three Musketeers
1993: The Three Musketeers
1998: The Man in the Iron Mask
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References
Fast Facts
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Born
July 24, 1802
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Died
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Birthplace
Villers-Cotterets, France
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Literary genre
Fiction, Drama, Non-Fiction
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Writing period
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Fact:
Posthumously honored by re-burial in the Pantheon of Paris
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Fact:
His son was also a successful writer
