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Alexandre Dumas fils

1824 - 1895

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Alexandre Dumas fils (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ dymɑ fis]; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias, usually titled Camille in English-language versions), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata (The Fallen Woman), as well as numerous stage and film productions. Dumas fils (French for "son") was the son of Alexandre Dumas père ("father"), also a well-known playwright and author of classic works such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Dumas fils has received more than 884,648 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Alexandre Dumas fils is the 128th most popular writer (down from 122nd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from France (down from 136th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Writer.

Alexandre Dumas is most famous for his novel "The Count of Monte Cristo."

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  • 68

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  • 2.91

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Notable Works

La Dama de Las Camelias
Social life and customs, Man-woman relationships, Courtesans
1857
Théâtre complet de Alex. Dumas
Accessible book
1863
La vie à vingt ans
1850
La dame aux came lias
1857
Demi-monde
1858
La Dame aux camélias
Fiction, Courtesans, Théâtre du Gymnase-Armand Hammer
1800
La dame aux camélias [novel]
Classic Literature, Fiction, OverDrive
- Mon avis est qu'on ne peut creer des personnages que lorsque l'on a beaucoup etudie les hommes, comme on ne peut parler une langue qu'a la condition de l'avoir serieusement apprise.
1848
Théâtre complet de Al. Dumas Fils
Romance literature
1801
La question d'argent
1857
Affaire Clemenceau
Romance literature
1866
La dame aux camélias [play]
Fiction, Courtesans, Théâtre du Gymnase-Armand Hammer
1855
La demi-monde
Adaptations
1855

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexandre Dumas fils ranks 128 out of 7,302. Before him are Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Vladimir Nabokov, Paul Verlaine, and François Villon. After him are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Guillaume Apollinaire, Plautus, Cato the Elder, Hafez, and Samuel Beckett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Alexandre Dumas fils ranks 3. Before him are Bedřich Smetana, and Anton Bruckner. After him are Gustav Kirchhoff, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Eugène Boudin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Maria Alexandrovna, Paul Broca, Pierre Janssen, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Wilkie Collins. Among people deceased in 1895, Alexandre Dumas fils ranks 3. Before him are Louis Pasteur, and Friedrich Engels. After him are Berthe Morisot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Empress Myeongseong, Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, José Martí, Adam Opel, and Friedrich Miescher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Dumas fils ranks 138 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Verlaine (1844), Albert Schweitzer (1875), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Jacques Lacan (1901), Charles V of France (1338), and François Villon (1431). After him are Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Joachim Murat (1767), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), and Joseph Bonaparte (1768).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alexandre Dumas fils ranks 31. Before him are Sully Prudhomme (1839), Anatole France (1844), Jean Cocteau (1889), Guy de Maupassant (1850), Paul Verlaine (1844), and François Villon (1431). After him are Petronius (27), Jean Racine (1639), Annie Ernaux (1940), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Nicolas Flamel (1330), and François-René de Chateaubriand (1768).

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