Twenty Years After (Dvadtsat Let Spustya)

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose adventure novels made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. He was also a playwright and journalist. Since his son also bore the name Alexandre and was also a writer, to avoid confusion he is often referred to with the уточнение “père” (“father”).

Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 into the family of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and Marie-Louise Labouret, the daughter of an innkeeper in Villers-Cotterêts.

Dumas spent his childhood, adolescence, and youth in his native town.…

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