Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
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Author: Dumas, Alexandre
ISBN: 9781434105493

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alexandre Dumas

Publisher

Waking Lion Press

Language

English

Pages

746

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm

Weight

1.45 kg.

ISBN13

9781434105493

Synopsis "The Count of Monte Cristo"

Wrongfully imprisoned for 13 years, Edmond Dantès escapes and reinvents himself as the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. He returns to 19th-century Marseilles with a plan for revenge against the three men who conspired to put him in jail-Mondego, Danglars, and Villefort.As the count insinuates himself into the French nobility, no one suspects his true identity or the secret manipulations he undertakes to ruin his enemies. One by one, he enacts his clever vengeance, leading his victims to financial, familial, and personal destruction. But the count's quest for justice comes at a high cost, leading even those dear to him to question whether the man they once knew still exists inside the persona he has created.Alexandre Dumas' grand historical adventure explores the timeless themes of injustice, betrayal, and an intricate web of consequences stemming from every action. Propelled by revenge and an unquenchable thirst for redemption, The Count of Monte Cristo remains one of literature's most riveting tales of comeuppance.

Alexandre Dumas

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(1802-1870) fue una figura dominante en la escena literaria del siglo XIX francés. Autor de novelas inolvidables, como El conde de Montecristo, Los tres mosqueteros, Veinte años después, El tulipán negro, La reina Margot o La guerra de las mujeres, su literatura de corte novelesco continúa viva en nuestro tiempo. Sus novelas se reeditan sin cesar y sus historias son adaptadas una y otra vez por la industria cinematográfica.

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