The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is an adventure novel serialized from 1844 to 1846. When sailor Edmond Dantès is falsely accused and imprisoned on his wedding day, he spends fourteen years in solitary confinement. After a daring escape and the discovery of a vast hidden treasure, he reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Returning to Paris, he methodically infiltrates high society to confront
the three men who destroyed his life, exploring themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 |
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| Author | Maquet, Auguste, 1813-1888 |
| Uniform Title | Le comte de Monte-Cristo. English |
| Title | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo |
| Credits | Anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteers, Dan Muller and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Revenge -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Prisoners -- Fiction |
| Subject | France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Pirates -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dantès, Edmond (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1184 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1998 |
| Most Recently Updated | Aug 9, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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