Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers

Adventure novel of three swordsmen in seventeenth-century France seeking fortune

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Alexandre Dumas
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.

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