Alexandre Dumas

Author: Zhang Yinglun (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
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Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), a French 19th-century positive romanticist writer. Born in France in 1803, his grandfather was the Marquis de La Balantraie, who had a relationship with a Black slave and gave birth to his father, Alexandre. Baptized with his mother's surname, Dumas. After the French Revolution broke out, Alexandre Dumas achieved remarkable feats and became a general in the Republican government. He remained a lifelong adherent of republican ideals, consistently opposing monarchy and hating the restoration monarchy, dissatisfaction with the July Monarchy, and opposition to the Second Empire. He suffered from racial discrimination, which wounded his heart. His family background and experiences shaped his rebellious nature against injustice and his pursuit of justice.
Born into a military family, Dumas lost his parents at a young age and lived in poverty. In his youth, he worked as an apprentice in a notary's office, served as a scribe for the Duke of Orleans, participated in the July Revolution of 1830, and served as a lieutenant in an artillery company. During the 1848 revolution, he led troops into Paris and edited newspapers. After Napoleon III's coup, he was forced into exile. In 1860, he went to Italy to assist Garibaldi in his campaign. Dumas died on December 5, 1870.
Dumas was self-taught and wrote over 300 works of various types throughout his life, primarily novels and plays. His play "Henri III and His Court" (1829) was published a year earlier than Hugo's "Hernani." This romantic drama completely broke the classical "three unities." His complex life full of adventures provided the conditions for him to create extraordinary and stories. He wrote over 100 novels in his lifetime, all of which excelled in vivid and tense plots.
Dumas's novels, numbering over 100, mostly take real historical events as the background and the protagonist's adventures as the content. The plots are full of twists and turns, surprising the reader at every turn, making them a classic in historical adventure novels. Unusual ideal heroes, rapidly developing plots, intense fight scenes, clear and complete structures, vivid and powerful language, and clever dialogues are the characteristics of Dumas's novels.
The most famous include "The Three Musketeers" (1844), formerly translated as "The Three Swords" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."