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The Count of Monte Cristo - A Classic Novel of Betrayal, Revenge, and Redemption
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerRomanceClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781627555890
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: Mar 4 2014
Pages: 896
Weight: 2.84
Height: 1.99 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Wrongfully imprisoned on the eve of his happiness, Edmond Dantès escapes with a fortune-and returns under a new identity to punish everyone who destroyed his life.
Young sailor Edmond Dantès seems destined for success. He is about to become captain of a ship and marry the woman he loves when jealous rivals falsely accuse him of treason. Without trial or hope of release, he is confined in the island prison of the Château d'If. There he meets the learned Abbé Faria, who educates him and reveals the location of a hidden treasure. After years of captivity, Dantès makes a daring escape and claims the immense fortune that allows him to reinvent himself as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo.
Armed with wealth, intelligence, and patience, the Count enters Parisian society and begins an elaborate campaign against the men responsible for his imprisonment. His plans expose hidden crimes, ruined reputations, secret identities, and old betrayals, but revenge proves less controllable than he imagined. Innocent people are endangered, former enemies reveal unexpected complexity, and Dantès must confront the moral consequences of assuming the role of judge and executioner.
First published in serial form between 1844 and 1846, The Count of Monte Cristo remains one of the greatest adventure novels ever written. Alexandre Dumas combines political intrigue, romance, buried treasure, prison escape, disguise, suspense, and psychological drama in a vast story of justice, obsession, mercy, and renewal. The novel will appeal to readers of classic literature, historical adventure, swashbuckling fiction, and intricate tales of revenge.
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