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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Novelist
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
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père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
Three
Chain
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Sometimes
Chains
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Humorous
Carry
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Marriage
Funny
Wedlock

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