Quotes from Alexandre Dumas's books, and about them
The Count of Monte Cristo on Don Quixote: “He borrowed this from "Don Quixote," the only book he had ever read, but which he still slightly remembered.”
The Count of Monte Cristo on The Bride of Lammermoor: “She expected every moment that she should see Morrel appear, pale and trembling, to forbid the signing of the contract, like the Laird of Ravenswood in "The Bride of Lammermoor."”
The Count of Monte Cristo on A Thousand and One Nights: “Since, the evening before, he had really been the hero of one of the tales of the "Thousand and One Nights," and he was irresistibly attracted towards the grotto.”
The Three Musketeers on Don Quixote: “Imagine to yourself a Don Quixote of eighteen; a Don Quixote without his corselet, without his coat of mail, without his cuisses; a Don Quixote clothed in a woolen doublet, the blue color of which had faded into a nameless shade between lees of wine and a heavenly azure; face long and brown; high…”
Twenty Years After on Don Quixote: “Mousqueton also attracted attention; and as the romance of Don Quixote was then the fashion, they said that he was Sancho, who, after having lost one master, had found two.”
Twenty Years After on Clélie: “Monsieur de Scudery, the author of ‘Clelie,’ and of ‘Le Grand Cyrus,’ which were composed partly by him and partly by his sister, who is now talking to that pretty person yonder, near Monsieur Scarron.”
Twenty Years After on Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus: “Monsieur de Scudéry, the author of ‘Clélie,’ and of ‘Le Grand Cyrus,’ which were composed partly by him and partly by his sister”