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[[File:220px-Alexandre_Dumas_Nadar_7217Alexandre Dumas Nadar.jpg|framethumb|350px|Alexandre Dumas, ''père'' ]]

'''Alexandre Dumas''' is the name of a father-son pair of famous French novelists and playwrights of the 19th century. The two are descended from one of Napoleon's generals, [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Thomas-Alexandre_DumasAlexandre Dumas|Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]], who was nicknamed "The Black Devil" for his courage and African ancestry.

Alexandre Dumas, ''père'' (1802 - 1870) is best remembered for his historical adventure novels, which include ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (Literaturenovel)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' and the series that begins with ''[[The Three Musketeers (Literaturenovel)|The Three Musketeers]]''.

Alexandre Dumas, ''fils'' (1824 - 1895) is best remembered for a romantic novel, ''La Dame aux camélias'' (The Lady of the Camellias), which he also adapted for the stage, and which was subsequently the basis of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s [[Opera]] ''[[La Traviata (Theatre)|La Traviata]]''.

* ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (Literaturenovel)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]''

* ''[[The Three Musketeers (Literaturenovel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' series

** ''[[La Reine Margot (Literature)|La Reine Margot]]''

** ''[[La Dame De Monsoreau (Literature)|La Dame Dede Monsoreau]]''

* ''[[The Woman With the Velvet Necklace (Literature)|The Woman Withwith the Velvet Necklace]]''