For 10 points, name this author who described the revenge of Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte-Cristo and the adventures of Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers.
In one novel by this author, Valentine is among several people poisoned by her stepmother Madame Villefort, though she is saved because of the love of the shipping master's son. In that novel by this author, Albert abandons a duel over the ruin of his father thanks to the intervention of his mother Mercedes. The protagonist of another novel by this author protects the queen's seamstress Constance from the schemes of the villainous Lady de Winter. For 10 points, name this author who described the revenge of Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte-Cristo and the adventures of Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers.
In one novel by this author, Valentine is among several people poisoned by her stepmother Madame Villefort, though she is saved because of the love of the shipping master's son.
Alexandre Dumas, pere