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The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss
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The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great thrillers of all time. In 1853 William Thackeray wrote to a friend: 'began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night.'. Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmund Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If. After staging a dramatic escape, he sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo and catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge. Believing himself to be an 'Angel of Providence', Dantes pursues his vengeance to the bitter end, only then realizing that he himself is a victim of fate.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780140446159
ISBN10 014044615X
Series/Work OL36287W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Penguin Classics
Language EN-GB
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Accessible book Action & Adventure - General Adventure and adventurers Adventure and adventurers, fiction Adventure and adventurers in fiction Adventure stories Betrayal Children's fiction Chinese fiction Classic Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) drama Escapes False arrest False arrest in fiction Fiction Fiction, action & adventure Fiction, general Fiction, historical Fiction, historical, general

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