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- ↑ Hemmings, F. W. J. (2011). Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance. A&C Black. pp. 130–1. ISBN 9781448204830.
- ↑ Meurice, Paul (1865). Les deux Diane: drame en cinq actes et huit tableaux (in French). Librairie Internationale. pp. ii.
- ↑ Munro, Douglas (1978). Alexandre Dumas Père: a bibliography of works translated into English to 1910 . Garland Pub. pp. 121. ISBN 9780824098360.
- ↑ Dumas, Alexandre; Sigaux, Gilbert (1978). Œuvres d'Alexandre Dumas: Les deux Diane (in French). Club de l'honnête homme. p. xii.
- ↑ The Dumasian. 1956.
- ↑ Bell, A. Craig (1950). Alexandre Dumas: A Biography and Study. Cassell. p. 398.
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