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Alexandre Dumas

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noun

  1. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)

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All this is worthy of note, as it is essential for understanding the work of Alexandre Dumas fils.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
Later, as we shall see, he "borrowed" with a ruthlessness that was surpassed only by Alexandre Dumas.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
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‘The Count of Monte Cristo,’ which I had seen James O’Neill play that winter, was by the only Alexandre Dumas I knew.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
Alexandre Dumas, who recently wrote a short romance upon the same subject, only made a translation of an English work by that author.
Fulgence MarionWonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies A History of Balloons and Balloon VoyagesProject Gutenberg ebook #899
In order to give weight to the book, it was prefaced by letters from Pope Pius IX and sundry high ecclesiastics--and from Alexandre Dumas!
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505