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There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.
May 27, 2003 · Alexandre Dumas’s epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If.
The Count of Monte Cristo, Romantic novel by French author Alexandre Dumas pere, published serially in 1844–46 and in book form in 1844–45. The work, which is set during the time of the Bourbon Restoration in France, tells the story of an unjustly incarcerated man who escapes to find revenge.
Jan 1, 1998 · The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Movie Books. In Adventure. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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Mar 31, 1998 · The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate.
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‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is an adventure novel written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844. It tells the story of Edmond Dantes, falsely accused of treason and imprisoned without trial, who escapes and plots revenge against those responsible for his imprisonment.
Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantès, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason.
Set in early 19th century France, Edmond Dantès is framed as a Bonapartist traitor, and sentenced to fourteen years in prison. In jail, he befriends a man who tells him of a treasure on the...
