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F.W.J. Hemmings

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Description:The last of Alexandre Dumas's many mistresses, the American actress Adah Menken, called him "the king of romance." She was not thinking only of his immensely popular novels "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" - everything about Dumas was touched with the spirit of romance, and it is that spirit which this exhilarating biography captures.There was romance in Dumas's ori-gins. He grew up in the country, the son of a general who fought under Napoleon in Egypt and Italy and whose own parents were a French marquis and a slave from Haiti. As a boy, Dumas's closest friends were local poachers and a gardener whom he once watched cut open a grass snake to lib-erate a frog. The world was full of magical possibilities, and, in his twen-ties, after moving to Paris and working as a clerk under the Due d'Orleans, Dumas established himself, with Victor Hugo, as one of the leading Romantic playwrights.In its scope and richness, Dumas's life bears comparison to those of his fictional heroes. Drawing on Dumas's memoirs and surviving correspon-dence, Professor Hemmings constructs a fascinating story of a writer whose novels continue to excite our imagi-nation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance. To get started finding Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The last of Alexandre Dumas's many mistresses, the American actress Adah Menken, called him "the king of romance." She was not thinking only of his immensely popular novels "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" - everything about Dumas was touched with the spirit of romance, and it is that spirit which this exhilarating biography captures.There was romance in Dumas's ori-gins. He grew up in the country, the son of a general who fought under Napoleon in Egypt and Italy and whose own parents were a French marquis and a slave from Haiti. As a boy, Dumas's closest friends were local poachers and a gardener whom he once watched cut open a grass snake to lib-erate a frog. The world was full of magical possibilities, and, in his twen-ties, after moving to Paris and working as a clerk under the Due d'Orleans, Dumas established himself, with Victor Hugo, as one of the leading Romantic playwrights.In its scope and richness, Dumas's life bears comparison to those of his fictional heroes. Drawing on Dumas's memoirs and surviving correspon-dence, Professor Hemmings constructs a fascinating story of a writer whose novels continue to excite our imagi-nation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance. To get started finding Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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