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On the Heights: Maquet

His principal collaborator was Auguste Maquet. He was an able writer, but, as many critics have pointed out, Maquet without Dumas would hardly be remembered to-day, while Dumas without Maquet would still be Dumas. Almost always when he worked with Maquet, Dumas would suggest the subject for a story. Then he would draw up an outline and put down chapter headings and divisions. Maquet would then fill in the outline and afterward Dumas would rewrite the whole story, usually adding and altering a tremendous amount and infusing it with the genius that was lacking. It was Maquet who worked with Dumas upon "The Three Musketeers" and its sequels.