Count of Monte Cristo (Volume 1 & 2)

Author: Alexandre Dumas
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Publish Date: 1994-11-01
Features: In early spring of 1815, just before Napoleon's restoration, the young sailor Edmond Dantès from Marseille was framed and secretly sent to the underground dungeons of the If prison under the of being a "Napoleonist." Five years later, an escape tunnel dug by the Italian elder Faria due to a miscalculation extended into Dantès' cell, marking the beginning of a decade-long secret correspondence between the old man and the young. Faria was a learned and noble figure, exceptionally intelligent, and over the ten years, he imparted his lifetime of knowledge to his young friend, revealing to him the immense treasure of the island of Monte Cristo. Afterward, the elder fell seriously ill and died, and Dantès seized this opportunity to escape from If prison by a narrow margin. Upon release, he learned that his father had starved to death, his fiancée had betrayed him by marrying his accuser, his only beloved employer was on the brink of bankruptcy and on the verge of death, while all those involved in the injustice of the past had risen to power and prosperity. Determined to seek justice and punish the wicked, he transformed into Count of Monte Cristo, using a vast fortune and the physical and mental training he underwent in prison for fourteen years to silently turn Paris upside down. This book is one of Dumas' most popular works, with a plot full of twists and turns, gripping and hard to put down, possessing immense charm.