Alexandre Dumas was a
great creator
of novels. With 'Three Musketeers' he established himself as a novelist
in
1844. He wrote it in eight volumes. Alexandre Dumas became famous as
'Dumas And
Company', the manufacturer of novels.
Alexandre
Dumas was born in 1802 in France. His father was commander-in-chief of
the
Western Pyrenees, but died as a poor and broken man at the age of
forty-four,
when Alexandre was four years old. Dumas showed the qualities of his
father in
his intelligence and romantic spirit. Dumas had niche for reading and
he had
read the Bible, Robinson Crusoe, Arabian Nights and a number of
mythological
books at the age of six.
Dumas
also loved to spend his time outdoors in hunting and roaming in the
woods. In
his later youth, Dumas supplemented the meager income of his mother as
a
lawyer's messenger. As inspiring event came in his life when Dumas
became a
friend of Adolphe, as aspiring play write. Dumas also resolved to seek
his
fortune as a play write.
When
Alexandre Dumas was twenty years old, he had written three plays, but
his plays
were rejected. Dumas did not lose his heart. He became a friend of a
talented
critic of literature and theatre. Dumas's heart was burning to write
something
new to succeed. At the age of twenty-seven, he wrote his play 'Henry
III' and
it was a success. There was no looking back and his another play
'Anthony' was
an overwhelming success which brought him fame and money after long
years of
struggle in life.
Alexandre
Dumas was of romantic nature and besides his wife, he had love affair
with many
women. Dumas wrote some historical books and travel accounts. He earned
fortune
but he died as a poor man.'