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Dumas, Alexandre(the father)
1802- born at Villers-Cotteret (north of france)
1829- his first piece of theater "Henri 3 et sa cour" which was played many times
After that he became friend of romantiques like Victor Hugo
Chapters of his storyes published in newspaper
1844- with his brilliant " Le Comte de Monte-Cristo " he became famous
After that he wrote " Les Trois Mousquetaires" , " Vingt ans apres " and " La Dame de Monsoreau " in addition to hundreds of storyes that tells 3 centuries the history of France
He traveled in all Europe spending lot of money in opening newspapers . theaters aand built a big palace in which he lived as a king
He had a son named "Alexandre Dumas " too
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