Alexandre Dumas

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Jacke takes a look at the astonishing story of Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, whose own father (who was born into slavery before becoming a four-star general in Napoleon's army) led a life as adventurous as any fictional character. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello. In 1802 he was born into an incredible French family.
0:14.0	His name was Alexander Dumas, and he went on to become one of the most successful journalists and playwrights and authors in France,
0:21.0	eventually coming to write 100,000 pages of materials.
0:26.3	Today he is remembered for his swashbuckling novel, The Three Musketeers, which might
0:31.4	be the greatest and most successful historical adventure novel ever written and perhaps
0:36.8	its greatest rival for that crown is the book the County Monte Cristo which was not only also
0:42.0	written by Alexander Dumas but it was started in the same year,
0:46.0	1844.
0:47.7	He finished serializing one book in July and started serializing the next classic in August.
0:54.0	Incredible.
0:55.0	How did this unlikely man of a mixed race background become one of France's greatest authors?
1:00.0	For that, we need to look closely at his family, because for all the dashing characters
1:05.6	that Dumas created for the page, there was one character in his life who had a rise and
1:10.4	fall and rise and fall and fortunes as astonishing as any literary creation.
1:15.4	His name was Thomas Alexander Dumas, known as the Black Count, the son of a slave who became
1:22.3	a four-star general in Napoleon's army.
1:25.0	He was Alexander the author's father.
1:28.0	The story of Alexander Dumas, his works, and the Black Count who inspired them in spirit today on the history of literature. Okay, here we go.
1:43.0	Welcome to the podcast. I'm Jack Wilson. I'm so glad you could join me today.
1:58.0	This is a fun story, fun and inspiring too. Good guys and bad guys, adventure, daring do, swashbuckling.
2:07.2	Have you ever wondered where that word comes from, swashbuckling? We know it as an adventurer,
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