"I was exposed to Dickens, Dumas, Victor Hugo, de Maupassant, Balzac."
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Muriel Rukeyser “The Education of a Poet” (1976)
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Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, père (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him the most widely read French author in the world. See also: Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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