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Re: jvf : works of alexandre dumas

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 09:07:13 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, James Keeline wrote:

> I recall reading that Dumas was extremely prolific, with some 1,200 titles.
>
> Some have indicated that he outlined stories which were written by known or
> unknown collaborators and that the stories were published under his name. Can
> someone here provide some details on this?

I seem to remember that his companion Auguste Maquet did in fact write
complete chapters. On other occasions, Maquet or another collaborator
would sketch a couple of chapters spanning a subplot, and Dumas would fill
in the dialogue etc.

Garmt.
Received on Wed 06 Jul 2005 - 10:07:20 IDT

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