Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was the most widely read French author of the 19th century, a master of swashbuckling adventure and historical romance. The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo remain two of the most beloved adventure novels ever written, combining thrilling action with complex characters and social commentary. His enormous output was produced with a workshop of collaborators.
Works
- The Three MusketeersAdventure novel of three swordsmen in seventeenth-century France seeking fortune
- The Count of Monte CristoAdventure novel of wrongly imprisoned man's escape, revenge, and dramatic retribution
- Twenty Years AfterSequel depicting aging musketeers reunited amid political conflict and personal tragedy
- The Vicomte de BragelonneThird sequel following final musketeers' adventures in French court intrigue
- The Man in the Iron MaskAdventure novella of mysterious prisoner hidden in iron mask revealed