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Alexandre Dumas?was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including?The Count of Monte Cristo(《基督山伯爵》),?The Three Musketeers（《三个火枪手》）,Twenty Years After（《二十年后》）. He also wrote plays and magazine?articles?and was a prolific?correspondent.;Early life Career Family ;Early life;While in Paris, Dumas began writing for magazines and plays for the theater. His first play,?Henry III and His Court, was produced in 1829, and was met with acclaim. The next year his second play,?Christine, was equally popular, and he was financially able to write full-time. After writing more successful plays, he turned his efforts to novels. Although attracted to an extravagant lifestyle, and always spending more than he earned, Dumas proved to be an astute marketer. Since newspapers wanted many serial novels, in 1838 Dumas rewrote one of his plays to create his first serial novel, titled?Le Capitaine Paul.;Dumas writing earned him a great deal of money, but Dumas was frequently insolvent as a result of spending lavishly on women and sumptuous living. The large?party he built was often filled with strangers and acquaintances taking advantage of his generosity. ;My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.;On 1 February 1840 he married actress Ida Ferrier, but continued with his numerous liaisons with other women, fathering at least four illegitimate children. One of those children, a son named after him, whose mother was Marie, a?dressmaker, would follow in his footsteps, also becoming a successful novelist and playwright. Because of their same name and occupation, the father is often referred to as Alexandre Dumas,?père, and the son as?Alexandre Dumas,?fils. ;Main works ;Three musketeers ;Its one for all and all for one! as DArtagnan and his three pals follow a course of s