Racisme, gloire et faillite : la vie romanesque d’Alexandre Dumas • FRANCE 24

This week’s program recounts the life of Alexandre Dumas, a French writer who experienced many successes but also many failures. The grandson of a slave, he faced racism and was accused of not writing novels. He was widely criticized for collaborating on a novel with Auguste Maquet, a young historian. It was not until 2002, 132 years after his death, that Alexandre Dumas entered the Pantheon. We tell you how the writer of “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo” defied all odds to become one of the greatest and most famous French writers.