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The Count of Monte Cristo

Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet

Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet (1802–1870)

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"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.

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Adventure stories
Dantès, Edmond (Fictitious character)
France -- History -- 19th century
Historical fiction
Pirates

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The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #1184, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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