Alexandre Dumas (fils)

Béatrice Vernier (Lakehead University)

Ed. by Tim Unwin, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

Born 27 Jul 1824
Died 27 Nov 1895
Activity 1844-1895

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Dumas' Works

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Despite an abundant literary production of over a dozen novels, two dozen plays, numerous essays, as well as several collaborations with fellow playwrights, very little has been written about the life and career of nineteenth-century romantic French writer Alexandre Dumas fils. Although much of his work is largely overshadowed by that of his father, Alexandre Dumas père, the renowned author of

The Count of Monte Cristo

and

The Three Musqueteers

, among others, Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel

La Dame aux camélias

encountered great success and is still very much appreciated today. Much of Alexandre Dumas fils’s writings exist as reflections on social problems of his time, such as the legal status of women in France during the nineteenth century, an era when marriage was seen as an…

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Citation: Vernier, Béatrice. "Alexandre Dumas (fils)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 March 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1344, accessed 22 November 2024.]