Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome I by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet

"Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome I" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a novel published beginning in 1844. Young sailor Edmond Dantès is betrayed by jealous rivals on the eve of his wedding and imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If. After fourteen years of captivity, he escapes with knowledge of a hidden treasure and transforms himself into the wealthy, mysterious Count of Monte-Cristo. He then methodically pursues revenge against those who destroyed his life while rewarding the few who remained loyal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
Author Maquet, Auguste, 1813-1888
Title Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome I
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Comte_de_Monte-Cristo
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
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
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EBook-No. 17989
Release Date
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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