![]() ![]() ![]() He took part in the revolution of 1830 and caught cholera during the epidemic of 1832, fathered two illegitimate children by two different mistresses, and then married still another mistress. Numerous dramatic successes followed (including the melodrama Kean, later adapted by Jean-Paul Satre), and so did numerous mistresses and adventures. His first play, Henri III et sa cour (1829), scored a resounding success for its author and for the romantic movement. He was born on July 24,1802, at Villers-Cotterêts, France, the son of Napoleon's famous mulatto general, Dumas, His early education was scanty, but his beautiful handwriting secured him a position in Paris in 1822 with the du'Orléans, where he read voraciously and began to write. Alexandre Dumas (père) lived a life as romantic as that depicted in his famous novels. ![]()
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