Complete and unabridged. The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815-1838, beginning from just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile) and spanning through to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. In 1815 Edmond Dant�s, a young and successful merchant sailor who has just recently been granted the succession of his erstwhile captain Lecl�re, returns to Marseille to marry his fianc�e Merc�d�s. ...
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Complete and unabridged. The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815-1838, beginning from just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile) and spanning through to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. In 1815 Edmond Dant�s, a young and successful merchant sailor who has just recently been granted the succession of his erstwhile captain Lecl�re, returns to Marseille to marry his fianc�e Merc�d�s. Lecl�re, a supporter of the exiled Napol�on I, found himself dying at sea and charged Dant�s to deliver two objects: a package to Marshall Bertrand, and a letter from Elba to an unknown man in Paris. On the eve of his wedding to Merc�d�s, there is an anonymous note accusing Dant�s of being a Bonapartist traitor. Caderousse, Dant�s' cowardly and selfish neighbor, is drunk while the conspirators set the trap, and while he objects to the idea of hurting Dant�s, he stays quiet when Dant�s is arrested then sentenced, even though his testimony could have stopped the entire scandal from happening. The deputy crown prosecutor in Marseille, while initially sympathetic to Dant�s, destroys the letter from Elba when he discovers that it is addressed to his own father, a Bonapartist. In order to silence Dant�s, he condemns him without trial to life imprisonment.
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This book was for a Christmas gift. I did not read it personally. It was in very good condition and the transaction went very well.
Aaronious
Mar 12, 2009
Trend setter
This book set the standard way back when. However, it is not the best written book - overly simplistic, telling the reader what is happening rather than showing the reader, rather than have the reader experience and feel what is happening.
Over all, a great book.
Amrita
Apr 4, 2007
Ships, poison, and philosophy
When I first started the Count of Monte Cristo, I thought that I was in for a good adventure tale, complete with intrigue, romance, and drama. Almost all the way through the book, I stuck to tthe opinion that the book was satisfying and engaging but not highly thought-provoking. And then in the last few pages I realized how much more the book is. Of course it was entertaining in and of itself, but it also helped me understand human nature a little more. How revenge can quickly spiral out of control, how guilt is relative in many ways, how justice is not necessarily the domain of man, all of these themes are explored in the book. And for that, more than for the wonderful storyline, this book is an important piece of the world's literary history.