Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Alexandre Dumas, fils in his later years
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| Born | Alexandre Dumas 27 July 1824 Paris, France |
| Died | 27 November 1895 (aged 71) Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, France |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist, playwright |
| Related to | Alexandre Dumas, père Thomas-Alexandre Dumas |
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| Period | Romanticism |
| Genre | Historical novel, Romantic novel |
Alexandre Dumas, fils (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ dyma fis]; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel, La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La Traviata (The Fallen Woman), as well as numerous stage and film productions, usually titled in English-language versions.
Dumas, fils (French for 'son') was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père (French for 'father'), also a well-known playwright and author of classics such as The Three Musketeers. Dumas, fils was admitted to the Académie française (French Academy) in 1874 and awarded the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 1894.
Dumas was born in Paris, France, the illegitimate child of Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay (1794–1868), a dressmaker, and novelist Alexandre Dumas. In 1831 his father legally recognized him and ensured that the young Dumas received the best education possible at the Institution Goubaux and the Collège Bourbon. At that time, the law allowed the elder Dumas to take the child away from his mother. Her agony inspired the younger Dumas to write about tragic female characters. In almost all of his writings, he emphasized the moral purpose of literature; in his play The Illegitimate Son (1858) he espoused the belief that if a man fathers an illegitimate child, then he has an obligation to legitimize the child and marry the woman. At boarding schools, he was constantly taunted by his classmates because of his family situation. These issues profoundly influenced his thoughts, behaviour, and writing.
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