The Count of Monte Cristo
Written by Alexandre Dumas
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The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, and is told in the style of an adventure story. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802. After a childhood of extreme poverty, he took work as a clerk, and met the renowned actor Talma, and began to write short pieces for the theatre. After twenty years of success as a playwright, Dumas turned his hand to novel-writing, and penned such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), La Reine Margot (1845) and The Black Tulip (1850). After enduring a short period of bankruptcy, Dumas began to travel extensively, still keeping up a prodigious output of journalism, short fiction and novels. He fathered an illegitimate child, also called Alexandre, who would grow up to write La Dame aux Camélias. He died in Dieppe in 1870.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I know the story well and have read the book several times, but I found the second reader causing me to become easily distracted and I lost interest in continuing.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great to get acquainted with this masterpiece. Too bad some readers were difficult to understand.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"Blah, blah, blah" is all I heard when the DEI picks read their chapter. Wonderful book, but I'll have to go back and read those chapters that I couldn't hear thanks to DEI. This is not the time or place for you to practice your English! ?