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In the thirties of the 18th century, this author, one of the first romantic playwrights, became famous in France and far beyond its borders. Today his works are reread several times, the adventures of his heroes are so fascinating. Interest in his books did not disappear even centuries later; more than 150 films were made based on them. According to statistics, the most read French author in the world is Alexandre Dumas, whose biography and photos are presented in this article.

The writer's childhood

The famous novelist Dumas (1802-1870) was born in the town of Villers-Cotterets. His father is General Tom Dumas, his mother, a serious and virtuous woman, Marie-Louise Labouret, is the daughter of an innkeeper.

Alexander's father served in Bonaparte's army, and upon returning to his homeland in 1801, he ended up in prison. On the occasion of reconciliation, an exchange of prisoners took place and he was released. But the prison did its job - he came out half-paralyzed, mutilated and with a stomach ulcer. There was no question of serving in the army. At this time, son Alexander appeared in the family.

The boy spent his childhood in financially constrained conditions. They couldn’t even get him a scholarship to study at the lyceum. Alexander was taught to write and read by his mother and sister. But in mathematics things did not progress beyond the multiplication table. But his handwriting was excellent - clear, neat, with numerous curls.

His mother tried to teach him music, but Dumas had no hearing. The boy danced beautifully, fenced and shot well. While attending Abbot Gregoire's college, Dumas learned the basics of grammar and the rudiments of Latin. For days on end, the future writer disappeared in the forest, because he loved hunting very much. But you can’t live by hunting alone. It's time to look for a job. And Alexandre Dumas enters the service of a notary.

New life

One day, during a trip to Paris, Dumas meets the actor Talma. And having concluded that a career can only be built in Paris, Alexander, without hesitation, moves there. Gets a job in the office of the Duke of Orleans. Service was for him only a source of existence.

For himself, the future writer concluded that he needed to study, since his ignorance caused amazement among his acquaintances. He devotes a lot of time to literature, communicates with playwrights and famous writers. In 1829 he wrote the drama “Henry the Third and His Court.” The play was a stunning success and went through several performances.

The king saw in the drama “Henry the Third” some similarities with the reigning monarch and was going to ban the play. But the Duke of Orleans supported her. Thus, Dumas, who came from the provinces without education or money, became a famous person. Soon the theater's repertoire was enriched with such dramas and plays as “Kean, or Genius and Dissipation”, “Nel Tower”, “Anthony”.

After the Great Revolution, the Duke of Orleans ascends to the French throne. Among those who stormed the royal Tuileries Palace was Dumas Alexandre. His biography developed in such a way that from the very first days the writer took every possible part in public life and carried out the instructions of General Lafayette, who headed the guard.

In 1832, Dumas, at the request of the relatives of General Lamarck, who was buried on June 5, stood at the head of a column of artillerymen accompanying the funeral procession. The police disperse the crowd, which was the beginning of an uprising that was brutally suppressed.

A false report appeared in the press that Dumas had been shot. In fact, on the advice of friends, he leaves France and goes to Switzerland, where he prepared the essay “Gaul and France” for publication.

Love's beautiful impulses

“Busy people have no time to look at women,” as the great writer Alexandre Dumas liked to say. A biography for children, which many became acquainted with at school, tells only about the main milestones of the biography: “born, married, created.” In fact, Dumas was not only active as a writer. The personal life of the immortal author was in full swing.

Before lifting the veil of the adventures of a passionate Don Juan, I would like to note that Dumas understood the female soul, and most importantly, he really loved them all and was grateful to them for their love. He was a kind-hearted man. It was for this that all his lovers appreciated him. Many of them admitted that they had never met a more generous person than him.

There are legends about the love affairs of the great writer. No one knows how many mistresses he had in his life, but biographers are inclined to believe that there were from 350 to 500 of them. Dumas himself mentions only a few in his memoirs:

• Adele Dalvin, her first Parisian love, broke the heart of a fifteen-year-old rake. After a two-year relationship, she married someone else. The only woman who broke up with him herself; in all other cases, Dumas was the initiator of the breakups.
• Catherine Labe is a neighbor on the landing with whom he moved to live. But the modest and devoted Catherine no longer suited him. Having learned that she was expecting a child, he drew conclusions: she simply decided to tie him to her. Dumas leaves and appears on the threshold of her house when her son is seven years old.
• Alexandre Dumas justified his “African passions” by the fact that he takes many mistresses out of love for humanity; the only one would simply die in a week. Among the many heartfelt adventures with actresses is a relationship with Belle Krelsamer. It ended with her giving birth to a daughter from him in 1831.

Personal life

In 1832, chance brought him together with actress Ida Ferrier (real name Margarita Ferran). As soon as a relationship began between them, Dumas already falls in love with another actress. Nevertheless, in 1838 Dumas married Margarita Ferran. How a plump blonde with crooked teeth managed to accomplish such a feat remains a mystery.

Having married, Dumas did not change his lifestyle. In 1844 the marriage broke up. In 1851, another lover of the tireless womanizer, Anna Bauer, gave birth to a son, Henri, from Dumas. Since she was a married woman, her son bore her husband's surname.

Alexandre Dumas's last love was the American equestrian actress Ada Mencken. He met her in 1866, when she came to conquer Paris. Dumas the son persuaded his father not to advertise his relationship with a young American woman who had already been married four times. But the father did not heed the voice of reason.

It is not known how the relationship with the woman would have ended, but Ada’s fate turned out to be tragic. She died of acute peritonitis in 1868. After which Dumas the son decided to unite his parents. The father was not against it, but Catherine Labé replied that her lover was forty years late. In October 1868 she passed away. Dumas would outlive her by two years.

Unknown Dumas

An outstanding novelist, traveler, historian and publicist, Dumas was also an excellent cook. In many of his works, he describes in detail the preparation of certain dishes. The writer spoke about the fact that he planned to create a “Culinary Dictionary” during his stay in the Russian Empire. In 1870, he submitted a manuscript containing 800 short stories on a culinary theme to print.

The Great Culinary Dictionary was published in 1873, after the death of the writer. Later, an abridged copy of it was published - “Small Culinary Dictionary”. By the way, Dumas was not a gourmet or a glutton. On the contrary, he led a healthy lifestyle and did not drink alcohol, tobacco or coffee. Alexandre Dumas rarely cooked for himself because he was on a diet. For guests only.

Dumas was known as a hospitable and generous host. The Monte Cristo estate, which belonged to Dumas, becomes an open house from the very first days. Everyone is welcomed there, no matter who they are, fed and, if necessary, put to bed. Any person strapped for money could easily live in the estate.

Castle of Monte Cristo

The success of The Count of Monte Cristo, a novel published in 1844, exceeded all expectations. In it, Dumas described his dream of a luxurious, worry-free life, without money problems. Having experienced this on the pages of the novel through the fate of Dantes, the writer began to make his dream come true.

He started with the construction of a castle. In July 1847, its grand opening took place, which was attended by more than 600 guests. The castle was magnificent! The beautiful building is surrounded by a park laid out like an English one. It contains sculptures of great people - Shakespeare, Goethe, Homer. Above the entrance is the owner’s motto: “I love those who love me.”

Dumas did not have time to realize many of the dreams associated with the castle. For example, he dreamed of creating a literary park and calling each alley one of his works. 150 years later, his dream came true. You can study his books using it. Everything is as Dumas Alexander dreamed.

The biography of this great writer has united thousands of people who are not indifferent to his work. Thanks to their efforts, today the house-museum of Alexandre Dumas has been created in the castle, open to the public.

Creation

In the thirties, Alexander had the idea to recreate the history of France with a whole series of books. Dumas expands his knowledge by studying the works of famous historians: O. Thierry, P. Baranta, J. Michelet. In his works he adheres to a natural sequence of events. His books testify to the author's knowledge of issues of French history.

Isabella of Bavaria was the first book in this series. The historical basis for the creation of the novel was: “Chronicle of the Times of Charles VI”, “History of the Dukes of Burgundy”, “Chronicle of Froissart”. Along with historical characters, fictitious names are also used in the novel. Thus, it was Alexandre Dumas who revived the genre of the historical novel.

The biography and work of this author are connected with an important event for every Frenchman - the Great French Revolution. He will dedicate a series of books to her. The author understands that in order for the life of kings and ministers to be interesting to the reader, it is necessary to show that they are not alien to the same feelings and experiences as mere mortals.

He knew that his novels had no historical value, since the facts were presented as required by the artistic form. The story was the way the French wanted it to be: colorful, funny, with good and evil on opposite sides.

The readers of that time consisted of people who had committed a great revolution and fought in the armies of the empire. And they liked it when monarchs were represented in heroic pictures.

History of France

Dumas based his work on well-known sources, sometimes fake. Like, for example, "Memoirs of d'Artagnan." Authentic materials - “Memoirs of Madame de Lafayette” - served as the basis for the book “The Vicomte de Bragelonne”.

From 1845 to 1855, Alexandre Dumas wrote without respite. Perhaps in the entire history of literature, no writer has been so prolific. In Dumas's novels, the history of France passes before the reader. After The Three Musketeers come Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne.

Dumas perfectly depicts the character of the crowd - sometimes cruel and thirsty for blood, sometimes slavish and submissive, sometimes rude and cynical, sometimes sentimental. The novels “Queen Margot”, “Countess de Monsoreau”, “Forty-Five” are the living embodiment of the soul of France.

Dumas dedicates a series of novels to the Great French Revolution: “Joseph Balsame”, “The Queen’s Necklace”, “Ange Pitou”, “The Cavalier of the Red Castle”, “Countess Charny”. In them, the author reveals the reasons that caused the revolution and describes the fall of the French monarchy.

Dumas allows deviations from historical facts quite boldly, but he compensates for this with the drama of events, effects and wonderful adventures that make the readers’ hearts beat fast.

During his life, Dumas the Father managed to write and publish more than 500 volumes of works in various genres. This shows the enormous talent of this writer, his amazing and boundless imagination.

Alexandre Dumas; France, Villers-Cotterets; 07/24/1802 – 12/05/1870

Alexandre Dumas's books were widely known outside of France during the author's lifetime. Now the works of this writer have also not lost their popularity, and Alexandre Dumas is the most widely read French writer in the world. In our country they also love him, which allowed Dumas to complete our hundred

Biography of Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 in Viil-Cotterets. His mother was the daughter of an innkeeper, and his father was a general. He spent his childhood and youth in his hometown, where he fell in love with the theater. This love gave birth to a great desire to become a playwright. To achieve this goal, Alexandre Dumas travels to Paris.

In Paris, only thanks to his father’s connections, he gets a job in the office. Since Dumas had no education, his handwriting, which was perfectly beautiful, helped him in this. After entering the job, Alexander begins self-education, one of his friends makes up a list of books for him to read, and Alexander Dumas selflessly reads each one. At the same time, he does not forget about going to the theater.

In 1825, together with his friend Levene, he wrote the vaudeville Hunt and Love, which was staged at the Ambigu Theater. The next play to be staged was Henry III and His Court. It appeared just four years after the first one and was a huge success. This allowed Alexandre Dumas to attract the attention of representatives of romanticism and subsequently become one of the leading writers of this genre.

In 1830, the July Revolution took place in France, in which Dumas took an active part. And in 1832, at the funeral of his friend, Dumas became an unwitting accomplice in another uprising, which was suppressed. Because of this, Dumas had to leave for Switzerland for a short time. Upon his return, Alexander leads a very luxurious lifestyle, which exceeds his income from writing books and plays. Therefore, he subsequently has to flee from creditors to Brussels.

During this period of his life, Alexandre Dumas wrote a lot of works. For which in 1845 he even received accusations of using literary blacks, but no one was able to prove this. At the same time, he co-authored many of his works, since Dumas’s name alone could make a significant contribution to the popularization of the book. It is with this that many attribute the huge number of scandals associated with the copyright of Dumas’s books during his life.

In 1858, Alexandre Dumas visited Russia. Here he spent almost two years of his life and traveled from St. Petersburg to the Caucasus. The result of this trip was the book Caucasus, published in 1959. The news of France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War was disastrous for Alexandre Dumas. He took this message very seriously, as a result of which he was first paralyzed, and after 2 months he died.

Alexandre Dumas left behind a very rich legacy. In addition to the fact that his name is used as an example by almost all modern French writers, such as or, he left a huge number of works. By the way, so far not a single writer on the planet has been able to repeat Dumas’ record for the number of books written. And this despite the fact that Dumas’s creative life was not so great.

Books by Alexandre Dumas on the Top books website

The Three Musketeers is rightfully considered one of the most popular books by Dumas. This work has been filmed in almost every country, and more than once. Therefore, the popularity of the work, even after almost two centuries since its writing, is simply off the charts. This allowed the book to take a very worthy place in our rating. And interest in the novel does not fade.

All books by Alexandre Dumas

The Musketeers Trilogy:

1. Twenty years later
2. Viscount de Bragelonne, or ten years later

Trilogy about Henry of Navarre:

1. Queen Margo
2. Countess de Monsoreau
3. Forty five

French Revolution:

1. Joseph Balsamo
2. Queen's Necklace
3. Ange Pitou
4. Countess de Charny
5. Chevalier de Maisons-Rouge

Revolution:

1. White and blue
2. Companions of Jehu
3. Volunteer '92
4. She-wolves from Mashkul

Napoleonic era:

1. Hellish abyss
2. God has it!
3. Captain Richard
4. Chevalier de Saint-Hermine
5. Hector de Saint-Hermine
6. Secret conspiracy

Hundred Years' War:

1. Isabella of Bavaria
2. Countess of Salisbury
3. Edward III

16th century:

1. Ascanio
2. Two Dianas
3. Page of the Duke of Savoy
4. Prediction

Books by Alexandre Dumas without series:

1. 15 days in Sinai
2. Akteya
3. Ali Pasha
4. Amaury
5. Angela
6. Anthony
7. Ashbourne Pastor
8. Bastard de Mauleon
9. Conversations
10. Quick, or Tangier, Algeria and Tunisia
11. In Russia
12. In Switzerland
13. Wallachia
14. A vampire
15. Vaninka
16. Widow Constantin
17. Loyalty to the grave
18. Vila Palmieri
19. Waters of Aix
20. Pupils of the Saint-Cyr House
21. Gabriel Lambert
22. Gaul and France
23. Garibaldians
24. Henry III and his court
25. Henry IV
26. A year in Florence
27. Dove
28. Madame de Chamblay
29. Countess de Saint-Géran
30. Two queens
31. Girls, kept women and courtesans
32. A day in Fontenay-aux-Roses
33. The Gentlemen of the Sierra Morena and the wonderful story of Don Bernardo de Zúñiga
34. Dr. Servan
35. Don Bernardo de Zúñiga
36. Road to Varenne
37. Daughter of the Marquis
38. Drama '93
39. Elena
40. Joan of Arc (Joan of the Virgin)
41. Iron mask
42. Marriages of Father Oliphus
43. Woman with velvet around her neck
44. Artist's life
45. The will of M. de Chauvelin
46. Epstein Castle (Albina)
47. Notes from a policeman
48. From Paris to Cadiz
49. Ingenue
50. Joan of Naples or Joan of Naples
51. Isaac Lakedem
52. Confession of the Marquise
53. Confession of a favorite
54. The story of my animals
55. Italians and Flemings
56. Caucasus
57. Caligula
58. Captain Arena
59. Captain Pamphil
60. Captain Paul
61. Charlemagne
62. Carl Ludwig Sand
63. Karl the Bold
64. Catilina
65. Katrin Blum
66. Kin, genius and dissipation
67. Princess of Monaco
68. Blessed Consciousness
69. Corricolo
70. Corsican brothers
71. Red Sphinx
72. Christina Christine, ou Stockholm, Fontainebleau et Rome
73. Bloodshed in the South
74. Cabriolet coachman
75. Foresters
76. Love adventure
77. Louis XIII and Richelieu
78. Louis XIV and his century
79. Louis XV and his court
80. Louis XVI and the Revolution
81. Madame de Chamblay
82. Madame Lafargue
83. Mademoiselle de Belle-Ile
84. Mary Stuart
85. Marquise d'Eskoman
86. Marquise de Brenvilliers
87. Marquise de Ganges
88. Martin Guerre
89. Masquerade
90. Medici
91. The dead are ahead of us
92. Meter Adam from Calabria
93. Mohicans of Paris
94. My memoirs
95. Early life of Louis XIV
96. The youth of the musketeers
97. Monseigneur Gaston Phoebus
98. Musketeers
99. Murat
100. hope dies last
101. Napoleon
102. Napoleon Bonaparte, or Thirty Years of French History
103. Republican Bride
104. Nelskaya Tower
105. Nizida
106. New memoirs
107. Night in Florence
108. Lunch at Rossini, or two students from Bologna
109. Fire Island
110. Olympia of Cleves
111. Otho the Archer
112. Hunting and love
113. Waterfowl hunter
114. Papa Miserable
115. Parisians and provincials
116. Pascal Bruno
117. Pedro the Cruel
118. Pepin the Short
119. Pirate
120. Pauline
121. The Last King of the French
122. Leader of the Wolves
123. Invitation to a Waltz
124. The Adventures of John Davis
125. The Adventures of Captain Marion
126. Adventures of Leaderik
127. Prince of the Misfits
128. Walks along the banks of the Rhine
129. Prussian terror
130. Pierre de Giac
131. Regency
132. Richard Darlington
133. Robin Hood
134. Robin Hood in exile
135. Robin Hood - King of Robbers
136. A novel about Violetta
137. Salteador
138. Borgia family
139. Cenci family
140. Cecile
141. Silvandir
142. Speronara
143. Stuarts
144. Happy Arabia
145. Son of a convict
146. Mysterious Doctor
147. Theater memories
148. Theresa
149. Thousands
150. fencing teacher
151. Fernanda
152. Queen of Voluptuousness
153. Caesar
154. Black Tulip
155. South of France
156. Juno
157. Jurbain Grandier
158. The poison of jealousy
159. Yakov Bezukhy
160. cookbook

It's no secret that artists at all times have tried to spiritualize dead matter. Sculptors carved statues bursting with life from marble, the crushed mixture of minerals under the brush of artists turned into picturesque paintings, and writers, ahead of the works of scientists and philosophers, not only described the world of the future in their works, but also helped ordinary people look at the events of bygone years “differently.” eyes."

The works of one of the most widely read French authors - Alexandre Dumas - to this day turn people's worldviews upside down.

Childhood and youth

On July 24, 1802, the “black devil” of Napoleonic army Thomas Dumas and his wife Marie-Louise Labouret had a son, who was named Alexander. A privileged family lived in a commune in northern France - Villers-Cotterets.

The father of the future novelist was in the service of and was considered a close friend of the emperor. Their tandem broke up at the moment when the commander, who unquestioningly carried out any orders of the ambitious ruler of France, did not support his decision to send troops to Egypt.

Napoleon, who could not tolerate criticism, took revenge on his comrade in his characteristic manner. In 1801, when the general was captured, his high-ranking friend did nothing to free his comrade from prison. Only after two years of torture and torment was Tom exchanged for the Austrian General Mack.

The man returned home exhausted and sick. In addition to stomach cancer, deafness and blindness in one eye were added. His star faded as quickly as it lit up. Dumas the elder died in 1806, and the family, which had fallen out of favor with the emperor, was left without a livelihood.

For this reason, the future world famous writer spent his childhood in an atmosphere of devastation and poverty. His mother, who tried in vain to get a scholarship from the state to study at the lyceum, introduced her beloved child to the basics of grammar and reading, and his sister instilled a love of dance.

Fate had mercy on the young genius, and in the end Alexander still managed to enter Abbot Gregoire’s college, where the guy mastered Latin and developed calligraphic handwriting.

Dumas's first place of work was a notary's office, where the young man tried on the role of a clerk. Despite his stable income, the young man soon became tired of the same type of assignments and the tirelessly growing pile of papers. The young man packed his things and left for the capital of France. There, under the patronage of his father's former comrade-in-arms, he got a job as a scribe in the secretariat of the Duke of Orleans (the future king Louis Philippe).

At the same time, Alexander met local writers and began to create his first works of art. In 1829, the play “Henry III and His Court” was published, after the production of which the writer gained fame. Three years later, at the Port-Saint-Martin theater, the premiere of “The Tower of Nels” was sold out. In less than 16 months, seven performances were staged on stage.

The biography of the eminent journalist developed in such a way that Dumas took every possible part in the life of society. In addition to the fact that the writer led the excavations of the city of Pompeii, he was also a participant in the Great July Revolution (1830), during which the creator even managed to be “buried.” After another riot among the population, a false report appeared in the press that the writer had been shot. In fact, the creator of the trilogy about The Three Musketeers, on the advice of friends, then left Paris and went to Switzerland, where he prepared the essay “Gaul and France” for publication.

Literature

With Dumas’s theater everything happened as with women: ardent passion at the beginning and indifference later. When the stage was conquered, Alexander plunged headlong into literature.

In 1838, Dumas made his debut as a writer. The novel-feuilleton “Chevalier d'Harmental” was published in a newspaper that required fascinating intrigue, swift action, strong passions, and most importantly, an arrangement of chapters in which the passage printed in each issue would promise an even more exciting continuation in the next issue.

Few people know, but the author of “The Chevalier d'Harmental” was the young writer Macquet, but the work, modified by Alexander, acquired literary brilliance and was published under the name of Dumas alone, not at all at his request, but at the obligatory request of the customer, who believed that the real success of the novel would be ensured just a famous name.

Over the course of four years, Dumas, together with his “colleague,” published nine cult works: “The Three Musketeers,” “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “The Vicomte de Bragelonne,” “Queen Margot,” “Twenty Years Later,” “Cavaliere de la Maison Rouge", "Countess de Monsoreau", "Joseph Balsam", "Two Dianas" and "Forty-Five".

The historian traveled a lot in Europe and dreamed of getting to Russia. In 1840, his novel “The Fencing Teacher” was published, the main character of which was the Decembrist Annenkov. Despite the fact that the work was not censored on the territory of the Russian Empire, even the resigned empress read the scandalous masterpiece secretly from her husband.

When he died, the playwright was allowed to enter the empire. Once in his homeland, the writer was pleasantly surprised that the local audience knew first-hand what French literature was and had an idea of ​​his work. While traveling, the famous writer visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kalmykia, Astrakhan, and even the Caucasus. In the novelist's homeland, Travel Notes were a great success.

The publicist was also a cook. In many of his works, he describes in detail the preparation of certain dishes.

In 1870, he submitted a manuscript containing 800 short stories on a culinary theme to print. The Great Culinary Dictionary was published in 1873, after the death of the writer. Later, an abridged copy of it was published - “Small Culinary Dictionary”. Dumas was neither a gourmet nor a glutton. The man simply followed a healthy lifestyle, not drinking alcohol, tobacco or coffee.

Personal life

Contrary to popular belief, the eminent writer’s greatest passion was not hunting, not fencing, or even architecture. The publicist felt the greatest love for the female sex. Legends were made about the amorous adventures of the temperamental playwright in the literary salons of that time.

Among the great variety of stories related to the mistresses and wives of the artist, one stood out in particular.

Dumas at that time lived on the Rue de Rivoli with Ida Ferrier, an actress famous for her frivolous disposition. The young people were neighbors: the girl occupied an apartment on the second floor, and the aspiring writer - three rooms on the fifth.

One evening the playwright went to a ball in the Tuileries. On the way to an entertainment event, the man slipped and fell into a puddle. An hour later, the disgruntled publicist returned home covered in dirt, went to his wife’s apartment and burst into Ida’s bedroom with curses. In order to forget the unpleasant incident, Alexander threw himself into work.

Less than half an hour had passed when the door leading to the toilet room swung open, and the amazed writer saw a naked Roger de Beauvoir on the threshold, who said: “I’ve had enough, I’m completely chilled!” Dumas jumped up and attacked his wife's lover with furious abuse. In Okontsovo, the eminent journalist changed his anger to mercy, declaring that his upbringing does not allow him to put an unexpected guest on the street.

That night Dumas shared his marital bed with a new acquaintance. When morning came and all three had already woken up, Alexander took the would-be gentleman’s hand, placed it on his wife’s private part and solemnly proclaimed:

“Roger, let’s reconcile like the ancient Romans in a public place.”

The historian's first affection was the dressmaker Laure Labe, who lived in the same house with him on the Square of the Italians. The woman was 8 years older than Alexander. It was not difficult for the seducer to win Marie’s heart, and already on July 27, 1824, she gave him a son, Alexander, who is known to many from the novel “The Lady of the Camellias.” Dumas the father recognized the child seven years after his birth.

On May 26, 1864, the former lovers met at the mayor's office for the wedding of their son to Princess Nadezhda Naryshkina. Dumas the son had the idea of ​​marrying his elderly parents, but his desire did not evoke any response from them.

According to biographers, the creator had about 500 mistresses. Dumas himself repeatedly said that he changed women like gloves solely out of love for humanity, because if he had to limit himself to one young lady, the poor thing would have died in a week.

Death

The famous writer died on December 5, 1870. The body was interred at Neuville de Pollet. After the war, the son of a classic of world literature reburied his father’s remains in Villers-Cotterets next to his parents.

After the death of the publicist, biographers put forward a sensational hypothesis that the Frenchman Dumas and the Russian “prophet” Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin are one and the same person.

Researchers in their works cite a number of facts that cast doubt on the authenticity of the death of the genius of world literature.

Despite the external similarity and the huge number of “blank spots” in the biography of both one creator and the second, there has never been an official statement on this matter.

Memory

Dumas's bestsellers are still being republished to this day. Thus, in 2016, the Azbuka publishing house released a masterpiece of world literature, “The Three Musketeers,” in a limited edition, and in 2017, “The Count of Monte Cristo.”

One of the streets in the city of Lomonosov, Petrodvortsovo district of St. Petersburg, is named after the publicist.

The majestic granite block, on top of which sits a smiling bronze Dumas, is located on Place Malesherbes in Paris.

Bibliography

• "Queen Margot" (1845)
• "Countess de Monsoreau" (1846)
• "Forty-Five" (1847);
• "The Queen's Necklace" (1849-1850);
• "Ange Pitou" (1853);
• "Countess de Charny" (1853-1855);
• "Chevalier de Maison-Rouge" (1845);
• "Ascanio" (1843);
• "The Two Dianas" (1846);
• "The Duke of Savoy's Page" (1852);
• "Prediction" (1858);
• "White and Blue" (1867);
• "Companions of Jehu" (1857);
• “Volunteer of the Ninety-Second Year” (1862);
• “She-Wolves from Mashkul” (1858).

(estimates: 4 , average: 3,50 out of 5)

Name: Alexandre Dumas
Birthday: July 24, 1802
Place of Birth: Ville-Cotterets (Aisne department, France)
Date of death: December 5, 1870
A place of death: Puy, near Dieppe (Seine-Maritime department)

Biography of Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas (father) is a famous French writer. He became very popular all over the world thanks to his adventure novels. He also proved himself to be a good specialist in the field of drama and journalism. He has a son, also named Alexander, who has also built a fairly successful literary career.

Alexandre Dumas was born in a small town near Paris. His father was a famous cavalry general in Napoleonic's army. His grandmother was black, so he was a Quaternon.

Dumas's father died in 1806. After this, the family experienced a very difficult time due to lack of money. His mother did not have money for the education of the future writer, so the boy educated himself and read a lot of books.

Dumas spent his youth in his hometown. He had a close friend who often visited theaters. It was he who instilled in Dumas the love and desire to become a playwright. In 1822, the young man moved to Paris. His father had connections there, and it was thanks to them that he got a job in the office of the Duke of Orleans. Here Dumas begins to receive an education.

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Initially, Alexandre Dumas worked on plays, vaudevilles and articles for magazines. His first vaudeville, “The Hunt for Love,” was immediately staged, which greatly inspired the writer, and he immediately began writing the drama “Henry III and His Court.” The society received this work very cordially. Since then, Dumas's work has always been a success. So the writer began to earn a good living.

It cannot be said that all of Alexandre Dumas’s works were perfect, but he had a unique ability to keep you in suspense until the very end. Even the most unsuccessful plays under Dumas's hand became successful and attracted crowds of people.

In 1830, Dumas began to actively participate in social work due to the July Revolution. He spoke on the side of the opposition. As a result, the writer had to leave for Switzerland, as he could have been sent to prison.

In 1835, his first historical novel entitled “Isabella of Bavaria” was published. The author intended
to make a whole series of works that would tell the fate of his country over a long period of time.

In 1840, Dumas married actress Ida Ferrier. However, the writer was very loving and therefore he had many affairs on the side. As a result, the couple decided not to formalize the divorce, but in essence they broke up.

At the same time, Dumas, inspired by the success of Isabella of Bavaria, created historical and adventure works, which brought him world fame and respect. This includes such works as the trilogy “The Three Musketeers”, “Twenty Years After”, “The Vicomte de Bragelonne, or Ten Years After”; "Queen Margo"; "Forty Five", and many others.

Writing brought in a fairly good income, but Alexandre Dumas was accustomed to luxury and spent money quickly. He even had to left for Belgium in 1851 because he was being pursued by creditors.

From 1858 to 1859, Dumas traveled around Russia, and he was so impressed and amazed by this country that he wrote 5 books consisting of notes from his travels, entitled “From Paris to Astrakhan.”

Before his death, Alexandre Dumas was on the verge of poverty. He died on December 6, 1870, but, unfortunately, few people knew about the death of the great writer, since it was during this period that Prussian troops attacked France.

Due to the fact that Alexandre Dumas left behind a large number of his works, there were a lot of rumors around him. It was as if his co-authors, literary blacks, were helping him. However, he himself was incredibly hardworking and efficient. In any case, to this day no one has been able to displace him from the first place of the most prolific writers in the world.

Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas (father)

Cycles of works

Three Musketeers

1844
Three Musketeers
1845
Twenty years later
1847
Viscount de Bragelonne, or Ten Years Later (1, 2)

Henry of Navarre

1845
Queen Margo
1846
Countess de Monsoreau
1847
Forty five

Regency

1842
Chevalier d'Harmental
1845
Regent's Daughter

French revolution

1846-1848
Joseph Balsamo (A Doctor's Notes)
1849-1850
Queen's Necklace
1853
Ange Pitou
1853-1855
Countess de Charny
1845
Chevalier de Maisons-Rouge

16th century

1843
Ascanio
1846
Two Dianas
1852
Page of the Duke of Savoy
1858
Prediction

The French Revolution

1867
White and blue
1857
Companions of Jehu
1862
Volunteer '92
1858
She-wolves from Mashkul

Historical adventure novels

Akteya
Ashbourne Pastor
Black
God has it!
Waters of Aix
Gabriel Lambert
Dove
Countess of Salisbury
Two queens
Giovanna of Naples
Dr. Servan
Don Bernardo de Zúñiga
Daughter of the Marquis
Marriages of Father Oliphus
Women's War
Epstein Castle (Albina)
Notes from a policeman
Isabella of Bavaria
Ingenue
Isaac Lakedem
Confession of the Marquise
Confession of a favorite
The story of my animals
Captain Arena
Captain Lajonquière
Captain Pamphil
Captain Paul
Charlemagne
Katelina
Princess of Monaco
Blessed Consciousness
Corsican brothers
Red Sphinx
Louise San Felice
Madame Lafargue
Madame de Chamblay
Marquise d'Escomant
Mohicans of Paris
The youth of the musketeers
Monseigneur Gaston Phoebus
Master Adam from Calabria
hope dies last
Night in Florence
Fire Island
Olympia of Cleves
Otho the Archer
Waterfowl hunter
Pauper Dad
Parisians and provincials
Pascal Bruno
Pepin the Short
Pirate
Pauline
Last payment
Leader of the Wolves
Invitation to a Waltz
The Adventures of Captain Marion
Prince of the Misfits
Prussian terror
Pierre de Giac
Richard Darlington
A novel about Violetta
Salteador
Cecile (Wedding dress)
Silvandir
Son of a convict
Mysterious Doctor
Thousands
Fernanda
Queen of Voluptuousness
Black Tulip
Edward III
Emma Lyonna
The poison of jealousy
Yakov Bezukhy

About the Middle Ages

Bastard de Mauleon
Adventures of Leaderik
Robin Hood
Robin Hood - King of Robbers
Robin Hood in exile

About modernity

Amaury
Madame de Chamblay
Count of Monte Cristo
Georges
Katrin Blum
Love adventure
The Adventures of John Davis
fencing teacher

Historical chronicles

Gaul and France
Garibaldians
Henry IV
Road to Varenne
Drama '93
Joan of Arc
Karl the Bold
Louis XIII and Richelieu
Louis XIV and his century
Louis XV and his court
Louis XVI and the Revolution
Medici
Napoleon
The Last King of the French
Regency
Stuarts
Caesar

Travel impressions

15 days in Sinai
"Fast", or Tangier, Algeria and Tunisia
Wallachia
Vila Palmieri
In Russia
In Switzerland
A year in Florence
From Paris to Cadiz
Caucasus
Capitol Arena
Corricolo
Walks along the banks of the Rhine
Speronade
Happy Arabia
South of France

Autobiographical prose

Artist's life
The dead are ahead of us
My memoirs
New memoirs
Theater memories

Plays

Angela
Anthony
Pupils of the Saint-Cyr House
Henry III and his court
Caligula
Keen, or Genius and Dissipation
Christina
Foresters
Mademoiselle de Belle-Ile
Musketeers
Napoleon Bonaparte, or Thirty Years of French History
Nelskaya Tower
Hunting and love
Theresa

Years of life: from 07/24/1802 to 12/05/1870

Alexandre Dumas is an outstanding French playwright, novelist, poet, writer, storyteller, biographer and journalist. His adventure novels made him one of the most widely read authors in the world.

Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 in the family of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and Marie-Louise Labouret, the daughter of a hotel owner in the small town of Villers-Cotterets, located near Paris. The writer's grandfather, the Marquis Davi de La Pailletrie, was a wealthy colonial landowner who married his black slave.

At the age of twenty, Dumas set off to conquer Paris. Success came to Dumas in 1829, when he managed to stage his first romantic drama, Henry III and His Court, on the stage of the Odeon Theater. The play exposed the bloody crimes of the French royal court of the 16th century; in its ideological orientation it was anti-monarchical and anti-clerical, which was quite consistent with the pre-revolutionary sentiments of the French. Following Henry III, Dumas wrote a number of famous dramas and comedies that enjoyed great fame in their time. These include: “Christina”, “Anthony”, “Kean, genius and dissipation”, “Secrets of the Nel Tower”.

In the 1830s, Dumas showed interest in Russia and wrote the book “Notes of a Fencing Teacher or Eighteen Months in St. Petersburg.” In the genre of the feuilleton novel, Dumas became a popular and recognized writer, creating his most famous works in the 1840s: “The Three Musketeers” (1844) with two sequels - “Twenty Years Later” (1845) and “The Vicomte de Bragelonne, or Ten years later" (1848-1850), "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1844-1845), "Queen Margot", "The Chevalier de Maisons-Rouge" (1846), "Madame de Monsoreau" (1846), "The Two Dianas" (1846), "Forty-five" (1848).

In the 1850s, Dumas moved away from his former romantic positions and wrote a number of historical novels, including: “Isaac Laquedem” (1852), “Ange Pitou” (1853), “The Countess de Charkey” (1853-1855), “The Parisians Mohicans" (1854-1858).

Dumas's life was full of adventures no less than the lives of the characters in his works: constant travel, hundreds of young mistresses, mostly actresses, five illegitimate children (these are only recognized ones, most likely the number of his children is much larger), huge fees and even more huge expenses that led Dumas eventually went bankrupt.

Alexandre Dumas passed away on December 5, 1870, having managed to write and publish more than 500 volumes of works of various genres - an amazing, unsurpassed fecundity generated by genius and hard work.

Detailed information about the author's books:

They say that while traveling around Russia, Dumas visited a certain small southern town. The owner of a local bookstore, knowing about the arrival of the famous writer, decided to prepare in case Dumas, passing by, decided to enter the store and prepared a surprise for him by removing all the books of other authors from the shelves.
It so happened that Dumas, passing by, actually decided to look into this bookstore, and naturally asked where all the books by other authors were. The owner of the shop was about to respond with a prepared phrase, saying that the works of other authors have not been in demand since local residents discovered Dumas and here they do not consider it necessary to read anything except Dumas, but he became worried at the sight of the celebrity and for some reason said: “Sold- With!".

One of his ways to attract the public to his performances was to publish announcements like: “Will the gentleman who looked at me so intently that he made me blush one evening at a performance of “Nelsk Tower” come to the theater today? A note will be left for him. In love." As a result, hundreds of Parisians and guests of the capital purchased tickets to Dumas's plays, hoping that they were meant to do so.

Dumas gave one of his friends a pig for his birthday. He was fascinated by the gift, and Dumas once said:
- My friend, I love my pig so much that I even sleep with her!
“Great,” Dumas replied. Your pig says the same thing about you.

Bibliography

Regency series

French Revolution Series