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Alexandre Dumas: A Biography and Study
1950, Cassell & Company Limited
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction.
I. BUTTERFLIES
Part I -- VILLERS-COTTERETS (1802-23)
Chapter 1. General Alexandre Dumas Page 5
Chapter 2. Boyhood Page 14
Chapter 3. Youth and Awakening Page 22
Part II -- AN AMBITION (1824-29)
Chapter 4. Clerk Page 33
Chapter 5. Romanticism Page 38
Chapter 6. Beginnings Page 47
Chapter 7. Victory Page 52
Part III -- APPRENTICE (1830-1843)
Chapter 8. Politics Intervene Page 73
Chapter 9. Man of the Theatre Page 79
Chapter 10. The Portal Page 95
Chapter 11. Switzerland Page 100
Chapter 12. Contemporaries Page 107
Chapter 13. Wanderlust Page 116
Chapter 14. Cross Roads Page 122
Chapter 15. Enter Maquet Page 137
II. WASPS
Part IV -- MASTER (1844-51)
Chapter 16. 1844 -- Annus Mirabilis Page 149
Chapter 17. The King of Paris Page 164
Chapter 18. The Peak Page 212
Chapter 19. The Turn of the Tide Page 234
Part V -- EXILE (1851-54)
Chapter 20. Retrospect Page 261
Part VI -- RETURN (1854-60)
Chapter 21. 'Le Mousquetaire' Page 281
Chapter 22. New Kingdoms Page 295
Part VII -- THE GREAT ADVENTURE (1860-64)
Chapter 23. Garibaldi Page 319
III. BATS
Part VIII -- TWILIGHT (1864-70)
Chapter 24. Decline Page 341
Chapter 25. The Last Chapter of the Romance Page 371
Appendices. Page 385
Index. Page 405

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With 10 half-tone illustrations

Published in
London England, Toronto, Canada, Melbourne, Australia, Sydney Australia, Wellington, New Zealand

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Hardcover
Pagination
xii,420p
Number of pages
432
Dimensions
22 x 15 x 3 centimeters

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OL27271315M

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