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The novel, whose original title is L'Homme de plâtre, explores complex human destinies through the story of a protagonist whose life symbolically reflects fragility and vulnerability, like plaster.
The novel represents one of Dumas' lesser-known, but still very interesting historical-biographical novels.
Dumas portrays Robin Hood not only as a bandit who helps the poor, but also as a heroic fighter for justice and a symbol of resistance to feudal injustice.
The biography The Life of Byron (1930) by André Maurois, is a detailed account of the life and works of the English Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824).
"The Stranger" (1942) by Albert Camus, a classic work of existentialism, follows the life of Meursault, an emotionally indifferent Algerian of French descent, whose apathetic attitude towards the world leads to tragic consequences.