The complete online text of Marquise Brinvillier by Alexandre Dumas, père.

Alexandre Dumas (1803-1870), the prolific French author of plays, popular romances, and historical novels, wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas is generally called Dumas père to distinguish him from his illustr...

Despite their unflagging worldwide popularity, their perennial availability, and their innumerable cinematographic adaptations, the works of Alexandre Dumas père have been largely unappreciated by critics. There has been, for some time now, a spec...

The dramatic writings of Alexandre Dumas père, long absent from publishers' booklists and often granted little more than la portion congrue (an extremely small place) in critical assessments of his literary corpus, seem today to be experiencing so...

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The Multi-Tasking Marquise FOR ANYONE - AN ARTIST, A THINKER, AN ATHLETE - who aspires to fame or glory, proximity to someone more famous is a mixed blessing. Take the example of Henry James and Edith Wharton: Wharton gained prestige, certainly, by her...