The Titans: A Three-Generation Biography of the Dumas

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• Title Page 3
• Contents 5
• Illustrations 9
• Preface 11
• Translator's Note 14
• Part One ⋆ - Villers - Cotterets 15
• Chapter I - In Which a Soldier of the Queen's Regiment of Dragoons Becomes, in the Space of Three Years, a General Of the Republic 17
• Chapter II - General Bonaparte and General Dumas 24
• Chapter III - A Childhood of Laziness, Freedom and Forest-Roaming 38
• Chapter IV - Growing-Pains, Sensuality and Drama 43
• Part Two ⋆ - The Conquest of Paris 53
• Chapter I - Discovery of the Palais-Royal, Charles Nodier, and Paternity 55
• Chapter II - Discovery of the Drama: of 'Christine' and of Mademoiselle Mars 61
• Chapter III - How Success Comes to Young Men 71
• Part Three ⋆ - Antony 77
• Chapter I - Mélanie Waldor 79

• Title Page 3
• Contents 5
• Illustrations 9
• Preface 11
• Translator's Note 14
• Part One ⋆ - Villers - Cotterets 15
• Chapter I - In Which a Soldier of the Queen's Regiment of Dragoons Becomes, in the Space of Three Years, a General Of the Republic 17
• Chapter II - General Bonaparte and General Dumas 24
• Chapter III - A Childhood of Laziness, Freedom and Forest-Roaming 38
• Chapter IV - Growing-Pains, Sensuality and Drama 43
• Part Two ⋆ - The Conquest of Paris 53
• Chapter I - Discovery of the Palais-Royal, Charles Nodier, and Paternity 55
• Chapter II - Discovery of the Drama: of 'Christine' and of Mademoiselle Mars 61
• Chapter III - How Success Comes to Young Men 71
• Part Three ⋆ - Antony 77
• Chapter I - Mélanie Waldor 79
• Chapter II - Antony 87
• Chapter III - Joseph! My Double-Barrelled Gun! 92
• Chapter IV - Way for the Theatre! 98
• Hapter V - Mille E Tre 107
• Chapter VI - Paris in 1831 116
• Part Four - The Prodigal Father 125
• Chapter I - 'La Tour De Nesle' 127
• Chapter II - Peaceful Coexistence 137
• Chapter III - Two Marriages Under Louis-Philippe 145
• Chapter IV - Comedies 155
• Chapter V - The Prodigal Father 161
• Part Five - From the Three Musketeers to the Lady of the Camellias 169
• Chapter I - In Which the Man of the Theatre Turns Novelist 171
• Chapter II - Messrs Alexandre Dumas & Co. 182
• Chapter III - Marie Duplessis 188
• Chapter IV - An Unsentimental Journey 200
• Chapter V - The Death of Marie Duplessis 208
• Part Six - Monte-Cristo 217
• Chapter I - 'the Count of Monte-Cristo' 219
• Chapter II - In Which a Novel Becomes Real 228
• Chapter III - In Which Ruin Comes to Monte-Cristo 236
• Chapter IV - The Lady of the Pearls 248
• Part Seven ★ - Father and Son 261
• Chapter I - The Magnificent Exile 263
• Chapter II - New Incarnation of 'La Dame Aux Camélias' 276
• Chapter III - 'the Musketeer' 282
• Chapter V - Russian Journey 300
• Chapter VI - His Father's Father 310
• Part Eight ⋆ - La Peau De Chagrin 319
• Chapter I - In Which Dumas Père Conquers Both Émilie and Italy 321
• Chapter II - Dumas Fils and George Sand 330
• Chapter III - In Which George Sand Presents Dumas Fils with Two Children 339
• Chapter IV - Twilight of a God 350
• Chapter V - The Death of Porthos 356
• Part Nine - God the Son 371
• Chapter I - Aimée Desclée and 'Une Visite de Noces 373
• Chapter II - From 'La Princesse Georges' to 'La Femme De Claude' 388
• Chapter III - Quai Conti 397
• Chapter IV - Place Du Théâtre-Français 408
• Part Ten - Curtain 419
• Chapter I - Towards Retirement 421
• Chapter II - 'Denise' 427
• Chapter III - 'Bonjour, Papa' 434
• Chapter IV - 'Francillon' 442
• Chapter V - Love and Old Age 446
• Chapter VI - 'La Route De Thèbes' 454
• Notes 465
• Bibliography 481
• Index 497