Author
Alexandre Dumas is documented in Fuller’s letters and published essays (1845–1847). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . ., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“Poudre-Coton is the only one of these I have seen; in this, among other jokes, Dumas, in the character of Monte-Christo and in costume half Oriental, half juggler, is made to pass the other theatres in review while seeking candidates for his new one.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“Alexander Dumas is finishing at St. Germain the 49th volume which he will have published this year”
Fuller, Margaret. "Items of Foreign Gossip." New-York Daily Tribune, 24 September 1845. · 24 September 1845
“The Cross of the Legion of Honor has just been conferred in France on Dumas and Souliè, both celebrated in the paths of light literature.”
“It is to be remarked in the writings both of Souliè and Dumas, full of faults but glowing with plastic life and fertile in invention.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 10 June 1845.
“This is sad trash. Dumas has ruined his talent by careless, hasty writing for mercenary ends. Once, however imperfect his books were, flashes of native fire animated them”
Fuller, Margaret. "The Regent’s Daughter . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 25 February 1845. · 25 February 1845
“Monte Christo I wish her to read before I come and not let it out of the house as I want to take it in the ship.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.
“Poudre-Coton is the only one of these I have seen; in this, among other jokes, Dumas, in the character of Monte-Christo and in costume half Oriental, half juggler, is made to pass the other theatres in review while seeking candidates for his new one.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . X." New-York Daily Tribune, 3 March 1847. · 3 March 1847