Count of Monte Cristo

Author: Alexandre Dumas
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: A young, upright, and brave sailor, with a bright future ahead, is betrayed and framed by jealous enemies and imprisoned in a dark dungeon, where he spends a full fourteen years. Later, he miraculously escapes the dungeon and, following clues provided by fellow prisoners, finds a treasure chest, becoming a millionaire. From then on, he changes his name to Count of Monte Cristo and repays the captain who had shown him kindness. He also takes revenge on each of his enemies who had wronged him.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a French 19th-century positive romanticist writer. His complex and adventurous life experiences provided the conditions for him to create extraordinary and stories. He wrote over one hundred novels in his lifetime, most of which were set against real historical backgrounds and centered on the extraordinary adventures of the protagonists. His plots are intricate, vivid, and full of surprises, making them renowned as historical adventure novels. Unusual ideal heroes, rapidly developing storylines, clear and complete structures, vivid and powerful language, and dialogue all constitute the characteristics of Dumas's novels.