4.5
The Count of Monte Cristo
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING PIERRE NINEY • Dumas’s epic and timeless novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery
On the eve of his wedding, a young sailor named Edmond Dantès is wrongly accused of treason and imprisoned for life in the Château d’If, a reputedly impregnable island fortress. After a daring escape, Dantès unearths a treasure revealed to him by another prisoner and devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him, in disguise as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo.
Set against the dramatic upheavals of the years after Napoleon, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the most enduringly popular adventure novels ever written.
On the eve of his wedding, a young sailor named Edmond Dantès is wrongly accused of treason and imprisoned for life in the Château d’If, a reputedly impregnable island fortress. After a daring escape, Dantès unearths a treasure revealed to him by another prisoner and devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him, in disguise as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo.
Set against the dramatic upheavals of the years after Napoleon, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the most enduringly popular adventure novels ever written.
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4.5
“I was intimidated by this book for YEARS. And now I’m mad at myself for waiting so long.
This story is stunning and cruel and so vivid it almost feels unfair. You don’t just read Edmond Dantès’ suffering — you sit with it. His patience, his anger, the way revenge slowly takes shape… it’s painful and satisfying at the same time.
Despite the length, it’s shockingly readable. Dramatic without being stiff, emotional without being cheesy. I kept thinking, “okay, one more chapter,” and suddenly hours were gone.
Anyway. This book hurt my feelings and I loved it.”
“A long but wonderful read. I enjoyed it very much.”
About Alexandre Dumas
ALEXANDRE DUMAS was born in 1802 in France. His father, a general in Napoleon's army, died when Dumas was three years old, leaving Dumas and his mother impoverished. When he turned twenty-one, Dumas moved to Paris, where he worked for the powerful duc d'Orléans. He wrote popular plays and then novels, including The Three Musketeers. In 1851, he fled from his creditors to Brussels and then to Russia, and in 1861, he joined the fight to unite Italy, founding the revolutionary newspaper L'Indipendente. He died in 1870.
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