Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright, best known for adventure novels including *The Three Musketeers* and *The Count of Monte Cristo*.
His works remain widely read and frequently adapted.
His son, also named Alexandre Dumas, was a playwright remembered for *La Dame aux Camélias*.
Novel's titled sword-fighters
- Monte CristoFried ham-cheese-egg sandwich
- Count of Monte CristoClassic revenge novel
- AthosSacred Greek promontory
- PorthosFrench swordsman, fictional trio
Aramis · swashbuckling · revenge · intrigue · swordplay · duels · chivalry · adventure
France's chief city
- ParisianOf France's capital
- francophoneNative speaker of French
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- MarseilleMajor southern French seaport
French literature · Napoleonic · Bourbon · Louis XIV · French Revolution · Bastille · France · Gallic
Writer of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- dramatistWriter of stage works
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
collaborator · ghostwriter · prolific · serialist · bestseller · literary canon · dramatization · romanticism
Emotion-centered artistic movement
- VictorianOf a prim era
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- penny dreadfulCheap Victorian crime serial
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
Charles Dickens · George Sand · historical novel · melodrama · gaslight · Industrial Revolution
Theatrical art or turmoil
- stageRaised performance platform
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
tragedy · comedy · performance · melodrama · adaptation · Antony · Christine · theatrical
Of a Caribbean republic
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- slaveryOwnership of people
- colonialOf occupied territories
military · Napoleonic Wars · ancestry · legacy · Camille
Three Musketeers
Novel's titled sword-fighters
- Monte CristoFried ham-cheese-egg sandwich
- Count of Monte CristoClassic revenge novel
- AthosSacred Greek promontory
Porthos · Aramis · swashbuckling · revenge · intrigue · swordplay · duels · chivalry · adventure · serialization
Paris
France's chief city
- ParisianOf France's capital
- francophoneNative speaker of French
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
Marseille · French literature · Napoleonic · Bourbon · Louis XIV · French Revolution · Bastille · France · Gallic
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- dramatistWriter of stage works
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
raconteur · collaborator · ghostwriter · prolific · serialist · bestseller · literary canon · dramatization · romanticism · manuscript
Romanticism
Emotion-centered artistic movement
- VictorianOf a prim era
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- penny dreadfulCheap Victorian crime serial
Charles Dickens · Victor Hugo · George Sand · historical novel · melodrama · gaslight · Industrial Revolution
drama
Theatrical art or turmoil
- stageRaised performance platform
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- scriptWritten words for performance
dialogue · tragedy · comedy · performance · melodrama · adaptation · Antony · Christine · theatrical
Haitian
Of a Caribbean republic
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- slaveryOwnership of people
colonial · military · Napoleonic Wars · ancestry · legacy · Camille
- Adventure AuthorsTom Clancy, Ian Fleming, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne
- French RomanticismVictor Hugo, George Sand, Balzac, romantic hero, romantic themes
- French WritersVictor Hugo, Hugo, Jules Verne, Verne, Voltaire
- Historical NovelistsKen Follett, Gore Vidal, Sir Walter Scott, Alex Haley
- NovelistsStephen King, Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen
- swashbucklersswashbuckler, swashbucklers, swashbuckling, pirate, pirates
Alexandre DumasGustave Flaubert
Marcel Proust · Franz Kafka · Samuel Beckett · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Henry James
Alexandre DumasGertrude Stein
Thomas Pynchon · James Joyce · Ezra Pound · T.S. Eliot · Samuel Beckett