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Birth of Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802 in France. His father was General Thomas Alexandre. His father rose to the highest rank of any Black man in a European army. When he died Alexandre Dumas’s mother worked hard to provide a good education for him. He attended Abbé Grégoire's school before dropping out to take a job assisting a local notary. -
Alexandre Dumas writing career
Alexandre Dumas moved to Paris in 1822. He worked as a scribe during the 1830 revolution. He wrote essays, short stories, novels, plays, and travelogues. He wrote The Count of Monte Cristo as well as The Three Musketeers. With the money he got from his books he bought a house in Yvelines, France. He then went into debt because he spent too much time writing, so he had to sell the property and fled to other countries and continued to publish books while in exile. -
Alexandre Dumas Personal Life (got married)
Alexandre Dumas had a son with Marie Laure Catherine Labay. His name was also Alexandre. Alexandre Dumas got married to actress Ida Ferrier, but continued his affairs with other women. He had at least one daughter, Marie Alexandrine, out of wedlock, and dated much younger women in his old age. -
Death of Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas died on December 5, 1870 in Puys, France. He was buried in the cemetery of Villers Cotterets. He died bankrupt, but he was still cheerful, saying of death, “I shall tell her a story, and she will be kind to me.” -
Alexandre Dumas Legacy
Alexandre Dumas rests among such other French literary greats like his rival Victor Hugo, Émile Zola and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His work has been translated into more than 100 languages and adapted into a multitude of films.