"Alexandre Dumas" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at its apogee. All admire and glorify him. It is the period when Alexandre Dumas, fils, wrote to him thrice: "You are the only author whose books ...
— Une Vie, A Piece of String and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant
... his "Histoire des Girondins," which was received by the public with deep interest and applause. It is not always accurate in small particulars, but it is one of the most fascinating books of history ever written, and has had the good fortune to be singularly well translated. Alexandre Dumas is said to have told its author: "You have elevated romance ...
— France in the Nineteenth Century • Elizabeth Latimer |
