Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870), 1] also known as Alexandre Dumas, pere, was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of...

Georges est un roman d'Alexandre Dumas, publie en 1843. C'est l'un des rares romans d'Alexandre Dumas ou l'auteur francais aborde les questions de l'esclavage, du racisme et de la colonisation comme theme central. Alexandre Dumas s'est inspire de la vie de son pere, le general Alexandre Davy Dumas de la Pailleterie, lui-meme mulatre et fils d'esclave de St Domingue. Des contrefacons belges, courantes en ce temps, portent le titre George."

Alexandre Dumas; 24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870), 1] also known as Alexandre Dumas, pere, was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was...

The Man in the Iron Mask (French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer; c. 1640 - 19 November 1703) is the name given to an unidentified prisoner who was arrested under the name "Eustache Dauger" in 1669 or 1670 and subsequently held in a number of French prisons, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (modern Pinerolo, Italy). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Benigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name "Marchioly," during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643-1715). Since no one ever saw his face because it was hidden...

Alexandre Dumas; 24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, pere, was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was...

The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. In the English translations, the 268 chapters of this large volume are usually subdivided into three, but sometimes four or even five individual books. In three-volume English editions the volumes are entitled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere, and The Man in the Iron Mask. Each volume is...

La Guerre des femmes is an 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas Senior. Set during the Fronde, the novel tells the story of naive Gascon soldier, Baron des Canolles, who is torn between love for two women. First translated by Samuel Springer as The War of Women for Potter Publishers, following a new French edition in 2003 it was re-translated as The Women's War in 2006 by Robin Buss.

Los tres mosqueteros (en frances: Les trois mousquetaires) es una novela del escritor Alejandro Dumas, publicada inicialmente en folletines por el periodico Le Siecle, entre marzo y julio de 1844. En ese mismo ano fue publicada como volumen por la editorial Baudry y reeditada en 1846 por J. B. Fellens y L. P. Dufour con ilustraciones de Vivant Beauce. La novela relata las aventuras de un joven gascon de 18 anos conocido como D'Artagnan, que viaja rumbo a Paris para convertirse en mosquetero. D'Artagnan no es uno de los mosqueteros del titulo, sino que lo son sus amigos Athos, Porthos y...

El conde de Montecristo (Le comte de Monte-Cristo) es una novela de aventuras clasica de Alejandro Dumas y Auguste Maquet. Este ultimo no figuro en los titulos de la obra ya que Alejandro Dumas pago una elevada suma de dinero para que asi fuera. Maquet era un colaborador muy activo en las novelas de Dumas, llego a escribir obras enteras que Dumas reescribio mas tarde. Esta obra se suele considerar como el mejor trabajo de Dumas, y a menudo se incluye en las listas de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos. El libro se termino de escribir en 1844, y fue publicado en una serie de 18 partes...

Fue hijo de un general a las ordenes de Napoleon Bonaparte. Su abuelo fue el Marques Antoine-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie casado con Marie-Cessette Dumas, una esclava negra de las islas Indias del Oeste de Santo Domingo. Su madre fue Marie-Louise Labouret. A temprana edad quedo huerfano de padre, a merced de una exigua pension que le correspondia a la viuda, no pudiendo darle a su hijo mas educacion que la escasa y precisa de sus rentas. En 1811 ingreso en la Escuela del Abad Gregorie y permanecio en ella hasta 1813. Puede decirse que de la escuela paso a ser pasante de notario (1816) en...