# Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright who became one of the most widely read French authors in history. Born in Villers-Cotterêts, France, Dumas is best known for his historical adventure novels, particularly "The Three Musketeers" (1844) and "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1845-1846), which were originally published as serials and have been adapted into nearly 200 films since the early 20th century. A prolific writer who produced approximately 100,000 pages during his lifetime, Dumas worked across multiple genres including fiction, drama, and non-fiction. His mixed-race heritage (his grandfather was of Afro-Caribbean ancestry) made him somewhat unique among 19th-century French literary figures. Known for his extravagant lifestyle and marketing skills, Dumas achieved both commercial success and literary acclaim. His body was moved to the Panthéon in Paris in 2002, where he rests among other French literary greats like Victor Hugo and Émile Zola. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Alexandre Dumas]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Alexandre Dumas]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[To learn is not to know. There are the learners, and there are the learned. Memory makes one, philosophy the other]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Alexandre Dumas]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->