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dangermousie

The most random entry you are likely to see on this lj

Nov 22, 2009 15:09

Most of my grown-up fictional tastes can be explained by the fact that growing up I devoured Alexandre Dumas and Russian musicals. Doomed love, men with swords, melodrama, and things that never end well - yeah, that's where I got it all ( Read more... )

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lydzi November 22 2009, 20:27:46 UTC

Loll!! I love it when you talk about Dumas ^^.

I didn't knew that there was new version of la Dame de Monstoreau. Probably for France 2.
I don't know if you read la Comtesse de Charny. That's my favourite from Dumas. Then again I love the all French Revolution plot.

dangermousie November 22 2009, 20:29:56 UTC

I read only one of his French Revolution ones and actually the name escapes me - it was about a member of the revolution falling for a lady involved with conspiracy to rescue Louis XVI's son, and everyone (of course) died on the scaffold.

I need to read this one then.

It's funny, looking back Dumas is responsible for 80% of my fictional preferences :) Scary.

meganbmoore November 22 2009, 20:46:59 UTC

Dumas seems to have a thing for women trapped in bad/loveless marriages who find someone else.

dangermousie November 23 2009, 03:43:11 UTC

I guess that way he gave his women characters more freedom to move in society (as married women) because if they were still single, they'd probably be restricted. Also, I guess since he wrote historicals, most marriages would be arranged so he had to work around that.