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Informationen zum Autor French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils is best known for his romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), published in 1848. Giuseppe Verdi adapted it into his opera La traviata (The Fallen Woman), which debuted in 1853. Other notable works by Dumas fils include a number of stage and film adaptations, which are usually titled Camille in English-language adaptations. The playwright Alexandre Dumas père ("father"), the author of classic works including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, was the father of Dumas fils (French for "son"). Dumas fils received the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 1894 after being accepted into the Académie française (French Academy) in 1874. The illegitimate child of tailor Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay (1794-1868) and novelist Alexandre Dumas, Dumas was born in Paris, France. His father gave him official recognition in 1831 and made sure the young Dumas attended the Collège Bourbon and the Institution Goubaux for the greatest education available. The elder Dumas was then permitted by law to remove the child from his mother. The younger Dumas was driven to write about sad female characters by her anguish. Klappentext Originally published in 1920, this volume contains a selection of seven chapters from Histoire de mes bêtes by Alexandre Dumas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note A. Tilley; 1. Un pointer écossais; 2. Vatrin et sa pipe; 3. Comment Pritchard perd une patte; 4. Les débuts de Pritchard comme braconnier; 5. Un magistrat irréprochable; 6. Mon meilleur drame et mon meilleur ami; 7. La mort de Pritchard.
