Alexandre Dumas fils

Alexandre Dumas fils was born in Paris on 27 July 1824, the natural son of the novelist Alexandre Dumas. He began with the novel, then had his first play staged in 1851 and became one of the founders of the problem play, a theatre set in the present day and devoted to the moral questions of private and family life. Elected to the Académie française on 29 January 1874 and received the following year, he died at Marly-le-Roi on 27 November 1895.

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• NovelThe Lady of the CamelliasLa Dame aux caméliasAlexandre Dumas fils · 1848LiteraturePublic domain