{"id":34775,"date":"2019-10-28T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?p=34775"},"modified":"2021-03-31T12:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:22:05","slug":"top-10-fun-facts-about-alexandre-dumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/top-10-fun-facts-about-alexandre-dumas\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 fun facts about Alexandre Dumas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Top 10 fun facts about Alexandre Dumas<\/b><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"disco-2203034441\" class=\"disco-social-pug-2019 disco-entity-placement\"><p><div  class=\"dpsp-shortcode-wrapper dpsp-shape-rounded dpsp-size-medium dpsp-column-auto dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-6\"><ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-column-auto \" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none\">\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-facebook\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-10-fun-facts-about-alexandre-dumas%2F&#038;t=Top%2010%20fun%20facts%20about%20Alexandre%20Dumas\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-facebook dpsp-has-count dpsp-first dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 32\"><path d=\"M17.12 0.224v4.704h-2.784q-1.536 0-2.080 0.64t-0.544 1.92v3.392h5.248l-0.704 5.28h-4.544v13.568h-5.472v-13.568h-4.544v-5.28h4.544v-3.904q0-3.328 1.856-5.152t4.96-1.824q2.624 0 4.064 0.224z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Share<\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-count\">47<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-pinterest\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<button rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-10-fun-facts-about-alexandre-dumas%2F&#038;media=&#038;description=Top%2010%20fun%20facts%20about%20Alexandre%20Dumas\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-pinterest dpsp-last dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Save to Pinterest\" title=\"Save to Pinterest\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 23 32\"><path d=\"M0 10.656q0-1.92 0.672-3.616t1.856-2.976 2.72-2.208 3.296-1.408 3.616-0.448q2.816 0 5.248 1.184t3.936 3.456 1.504 5.12q0 1.728-0.32 3.36t-1.088 3.168-1.792 2.656-2.56 1.856-3.392 0.672q-1.216 0-2.4-0.576t-1.728-1.568q-0.16 0.704-0.48 2.016t-0.448 1.696-0.352 1.28-0.48 1.248-0.544 1.12-0.832 1.408-1.12 1.536l-0.224 0.096-0.16-0.192q-0.288-2.816-0.288-3.36 0-1.632 0.384-3.68t1.184-5.152 0.928-3.616q-0.576-1.152-0.576-3.008 0-1.504 0.928-2.784t2.368-1.312q1.088 0 1.696 0.736t0.608 1.824q0 1.184-0.768 3.392t-0.8 3.36q0 1.12 0.8 1.856t1.952 0.736q0.992 0 1.824-0.448t1.408-1.216 0.992-1.696 0.672-1.952 0.352-1.984 0.128-1.792q0-3.072-1.952-4.8t-5.12-1.728q-3.552 0-5.952 2.304t-2.4 5.856q0 0.8 0.224 1.536t0.48 1.152 0.48 0.832 0.224 0.544q0 0.48-0.256 1.28t-0.672 0.8q-0.032 0-0.288-0.032-0.928-0.288-1.632-0.992t-1.088-1.696-0.576-1.92-0.192-1.92z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Pin<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So many talented writers have come out of France. Today, I\u2019m going to be telling you a little bit more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/alexandre-dumas-and-his-life-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandre Dumas<\/a> in particular!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas was born in 1802 in northern France. His full name is Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, but he changed it to simply Alexandre Dumas when he was older. Dumas is an homage to his grandmother\u2019s last name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\">Dumas began working as a scribe for the future\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">King\u00a0Louis Philippe, the duc d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, when he moved to Â鶹APP in 1822, and he soon moved on to writing books and plays. He wrote and put on his first play when he was 27 years old. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">This was just the beginning of this French <i>\u00e9crivain\u2019s<\/i> interesting and exciting life! Keep reading for my top 10 fun facts about Alexandre Dumas. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1. Alexandre Dumas was a famous writer<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_19360\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/optimized-dumas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/optimized-dumas.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/optimized-dumas.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/optimized-dumas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Dumas &#8211; The Count of Monte Cristo by Richard &#8211; Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">When Dumas was still working as a scribe, Dumas began working on his first play. It was called <i>Henry III and His Courts.<\/i> The French public loved it, and so he soon began working on another. His second play, <em>Christine<\/em>, was also a hit, and after the success of the 2 plays, Dumas was able to quit his job and work as a writer full time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas may have written plays, but he is perhaps most well known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/5-best-books-to-give-you-a-taste-of-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">novels<\/a>. He is the author of the famed stories <i>The Count of Monte Cristo<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>The Three Musketeers<\/i>. Although these 2 books are his most famous, Dumas penned 100,000 pages over his lifetime! This included his plays, novels, magazine articles and a few travel books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas really liked to keep busy, apparently! He is considered to be one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his works have been translated from French into various languages, which is probably why many of you have heard of him! <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>2. Alexandre Dumas worked with ghostwriters<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34778\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dumas_pere_print.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34778\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dumas_pere_print.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandre Dumas\" width=\"438\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dumas_pere_print.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dumas_pere_print-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Dumas, p\u00e8re from the New York Public Library Archives &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">If you consider the sheer volume of work Dumas completed over his career, it makes sense that he used the help of ghostwriters! A ghostwriter is someone who writes material for someone else, and is usually not credited. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"> But, apparently Dumas came into conflict with one of his ghostwriters. Auguste Maquet did a lot of work to help Dumas on many of his books and plays. After a while, Maquet got fed up with being behind the scenes, and wanted Dumas to start listing him as his co-author. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Maquet went so far as to sue Dumas and take him to court for the misunderstanding. However, Dumas still refused to put Maquet\u2019s name on his novels, choosing instead to pay him a large settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>3. Alexandre Dumas wrote a series of novels about Marie-Antoinette<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34780\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34780\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783-651x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Marie-Antoinette\" width=\"616\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783-768x1208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783-816x1284.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/marie-antoinette_par_elisabeth_vigee-lebrun_-_1783.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marie-Antoinette by Elisabeth Vig\u00e9e-Lebrun, 1783 &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/top-10-fun-facts-marie-antoinette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marie-Antoinette<\/a> was a French queen that you\u2019ve probably all heard of. Her husband was King Louis XVI, and during the French Revolution, the two monarchs both met their fate with the guillotine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Marie-Antoinette has become quite the celebrity over the years, and many novels and biographies have been written about her. Dumas wrote 8 fictional romance novels about the queen\u2019s life! These books are pretty hefty: the unabridged version consists of 100 chapters! If you feel intimidated by all of that reading, you\u2019re in luck, as the abridged version contains just 50 chapters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">The most famous book in the series is called <i>The Queen&#8217;s Necklace<\/i>, and was published in 1849.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>4. Many of Alexandre Dumas\u2019 characters are based on his father<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34782\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/640px-alexandre_dumas_1762-1806.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34782\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/640px-alexandre_dumas_1762-1806.jpeg\" alt=\"Father\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/640px-alexandre_dumas_1762-1806.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/640px-alexandre_dumas_1762-1806-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas&#8217; father by Olivier Pichat &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas\u2019 father was the illegitimate son of a French count and a Haitian slave woman. He was born in Haiti, and then his father brought him to France to raise him. Dumas\u2019 father, Thomas-Alexandre, was a military man, and a celebrated war hero at that! He was also the first Black man to ever be promoted to general in a European army at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Thomas-Alexandre was revered in France for his military achievements. Dumas was proud of his pops and all that he had done for France, and he showed his appreciation by writing him into many of his stories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas\u2019 father lived a full and exciting life, inspiring his son to create similar fearless and flamboyant characters. He was also aware of how rare it was for a Black man to be so<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>successful in the military. He often created characters that came from diverse backgrounds, just like his dad.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>5. Alexandre Dumas was biracial<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34784\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34784\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandre Dumas\" width=\"616\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859-816x1050.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_1859.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Dumas in 1859 by Gustave Le Gray &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve already mentioned that Dumas\u2019 father was the child of a French count and a Haitian slave. Because of his diverse heritage, Dumas was very aware of racism and the negative effects had on humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">He was very vocal about his dislike of slavery, and he even wrote a book about racism called <i>Georges.<\/i> The plot of the novel could have been based on his own life: it tells the story of a man named Georges, who is the son of a biracial father. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">The novel also touches on the negative effects of colonialism and racial discrimination, something that was rarely written about in the 19th century.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>6. Alexandre Dumas reportedly had up to 40 mistresses<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34776\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34776\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandre Dumas\" width=\"616\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken-816x1204.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas__adah_isaacs_menken.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandre Dumas &amp; Adah Isaacs Menken by Gallica &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">This is probably my least favorite fact about Dumas, but it needs to be mentioned. Dumas was a famous womenizer, and he supposedly had up to 40 different mistresses over his lifetime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas married an actress named Ida Ferrier in 1840, but this didn\u2019t stop him from pursuing many affairs. Some of his most famous mistresses include Adah Isaacs Menken<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> who was an American actress, and Lola Montez who was an Irish dancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks to the scholar Claude Schopp, his other mistresses were discovered along with 3 other unknown at the time children!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>7. Alexandre Dumas had multiple illegitimate children<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34786\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_fils.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34786\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_fils.jpg\" alt=\"Fils\" width=\"522\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_fils.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/alexandre_dumas_fils-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of Alexandre Dumas, <em>fils<\/em> by unknown &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\">Biographers know for sure that Dumas fathered at least 4 illegitimate children through his many liaisons. They are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li13\"><span class=\"s1\">Alexandre Dumas, <i>fils <\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li13\"><span class=\"s1\">Marie-Alexandrine Dumas\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li13\"><span class=\"s1\">Mica\u00eblla-Cl\u00e9lie-Josepha-\u00c9lisabeth Cordier<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li13\"><span class=\"s1\">Henry Bauer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\">Plus, the other 3 children that School discovered. Dumas was so notorious for his affairs, that many people in France joke that &#8220;Alexandre Dumas could be my grandfather!&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>8 Alexandre Dumas\u2019 son is also a celebrated writer<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_34788\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34788\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"fils\" width=\"616\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu-816x1212.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/personnalites_des_arts_et_des_lettres_-_alexandre_dumas_fils_ponthieu.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of Alexandre Dumas, <em>fils<\/em> by Ponthieu &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\">Sometimes, the word<i> p\u00e8re<\/i> is added to Alexandre Dumas\u2019 name. This is because his son, Alexandre Dumas, <i>fils <\/i>(<i>fils<\/i> means son in English), was also a celebrated writer! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas, <i>fils<\/i> was born in 1824, and in 1831 Dumas, <i>p\u00e8re<\/i> legally recognized him as his son. His mother was a dressmaker named Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay. His father wanted the best of the best for his son, and ensured that he received the best education available at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\">The great schooling worked, as Dumas, fils was a very successful author in his own right. He is most well known for the novel, <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><i>La Dame aux Cam\u00e9lias<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0(<\/span><span class=\"s4\">The Lady of the Camellias in English<\/span><span class=\"s5\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p16\"><span class=\"s1\">He maintained a solid relationship with his father his entire life. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p18\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>9. Alexandre Dumas owned a castle<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_19372\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/castle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19372\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/castle.jpg\" alt=\"ch\u00e2teau de Monte-Cristo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/castle.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/castle-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ch\u00e2teau de Monte-Cristo by Renaud Camus &#8211; Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks to the success of his novels and plays, Dumas was a very wealthy man at one point in his life. So, what do you do with a big pile of cash you\u2019re sitting on? Well, buy a castle, of course!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas bought a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/ten-beautiful-french-castles-in-which-you-can-spend-a-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">castle<\/a> in the Yvelines department of France, which isn\u2019t very far from Â鶹APP. He named it after one of the most famous of his characters, the Count of Monte-Cristo, calling his castle the <em>Ch\u00e2teau de Monte-Cristo<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas was known to entertain many guests at a time, and soon enough the price of all of the guests and parties caught up to him. He lived in the castle for just 2 years before he was forced to sell it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p18\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>10. You\u2019ll find Alexandre Dumas in the Panth\u00e9on<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_33907\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"size-large wp-image-33907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Panth\u00e9on\" width=\"616\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007-816x612.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pantheon_of_paris_007.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Panth\u00e9on in Â鶹APP by Moonik &#8211; WikiCommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s1\">Like many great French authors, Alexandre Dumas is buried in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/paris\/top-10-interesting-facts-about-the-pantheon-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panth\u00e9on<\/a> in Â鶹APP. The Panth\u00e9on is a massive mausoleum located in the Latin quarter in Â鶹APP. It was once a church, but was eventually turned into a place to bury notable French citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s1\">Dumas wasn\u2019t originally buried in the Panth\u00e9on, and many people cite racism. This changed in 2002 when French president Jacques Chirac had a ceremony to celebrating the fact that he would finally be laid to rest where he belonged, next to other authors like Victor Hugo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/10-things-you-should-know-about-emile-zola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00c9mile Zola.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p18\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s1\">I hope you enjoyed reading this article and learning more about the prolific French writer, Alexandre Dumas! He led an interesting and full life, that&#8217;s for sure. If he wasn&#8217;t a known womanizer, I definitely would appreciate him more. That being said, I do love his work!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about other famous French personalities, why not tour Â鶹APP with us? You&#8217;re sure to love our locals guides, and discover a lot along the way! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/tour\/city\/paris-walking-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"disco-3063283765\" class=\"disco-amazon-box-2024 disco-entity-placement\"><div style=\"width: 100%; border: 2px solid lightgray; padding: 3% 6% 3% 3%; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Planning a trip to Â鶹APP ? 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