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Alexandre Dumas, père

Alexandre Dumas, père.
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Birth date24 July 1802
Place of birthVillers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France
Date of death5 December 1870(age 68)
NationalityFrench
Occupationplaywright and novelist
Period1829 � 1870
Notable worksThe Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers
Influenced byHector Berlioz
InfluencedStephen King, Steven Brust,
Robert E. Howard, Narcís Oller, Juan Gómez-Jurado, Alexandru Hrisoverghi, Emilio Salgari, Jin Yong, Jules Verne, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Literary movementRomanticism and Historical fiction

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Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 � 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his 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, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Country Life--Neuchatel is an attractive historic town, a large part of it carved from local hauterive sandstone, which led -Alexandre Dumas- to call it a 'toy town carved ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:29:29 GMT+00:00
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HULIQ--Many examples can also be found in Shakespearean literature and even -Alexandre Dumas-, -pere- mentions it in his book, Twenty Years After (French: Vingt Ans ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 05:44:05 GMT+00:00
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The Gossip Girls (blog)--The movie is based on -Alexandre Dumas-' novel, with Paul WS Anderson signing on for the directorial duties. It will be filmed in 3-D and release next summer.--- - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 19:26:37 GMT+00:00

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