Which French author wrote the classic swashbuckling 1844 adventure novel 'The Three Musketeers', following young d'Artagnan as he joins Athos, Porthos, and Aramis?

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Correct answer: C. Alexandre Dumas

  1. Step 1: Son of a revolutionary general of African descent, this prolific French novelist dominated 19th-century historical serialization.
  2. Step 2: Alexandre Dumas (collaborating with Auguste Maquet) created the unforgettable motto "All for one, one for all" for d'Artagnan and his three elite musketeer companions defending King Louis XIII and Queen Anne against Cardinal Richelieu.
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Alexandre Dumas
Why not the others: 'Victor Hugo' Victor Hugo wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' (1831) and 'Les Misérables' (1862); 'Jules Verne' Jules Verne was a pioneer of science fiction and adventure who wrote 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'; 'Stendhal' Stendhal was a pioneer of psychological realism who wrote 'The Red and the Black' (1830) and 'The Charterhouse of Parma' (1839).

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