The Count of Monte Cristo
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Tags: Adventure, Classics, French, Novel
ISBN:0679601996
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The Count of Monte Cristo is Alexandre Dumas's riveting tale of romantic rivalries, struggles for power, daring escapes, clever disguises, buried treasure, and solemn promises. What more could an adventurous reader desire? Dumas's hero Edmond Dantes is a man on a mission, tasked with delivering a letter whose contents he does not know, but whose impact, when discovered by the wrong man, could be deadly. Thrown into a dangerous chain of events, Dantes must face his fate alone, forced to rely on his wits, courage, and a strong dose of good luck as he seeks justice against those whose greed and wickedness nearly cost him his life.
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About the Author
Born the son of a military man, Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a voracious reader from early childhood. After the untimely death of his father, his mother regaled him with tales of his father's adventures in battle. The realm of heroic acts and romance had a strong appeal for the young Dumas, and he began his writing career with several plays. After the success of his dramas, Dumas moved into novels, becoming well-known for such works as The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask. Although it might be hard to guess from his current and long-lived popularity, Dumas faced considerable adversity for being of a mixed-race background and, sadly, was never fully accepted into many intellectual and society circles during his lifetime.
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Alexandre Dumas [Pere]
MARSEILLES -- THE ARRIVAL.
On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d'If, got on board the vessel between ...
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5/5
Reviewed by lmgraham on Oct 24, 2011
Love love love!
Absolutely LOVED this book. I purchased an audiobook version of it for my brother who is not a big reader for Christmas :)
5/5
Reviewed by cmihaila on Oct 17, 2011
Sad it's over
I thoroughly enjoyed this book - it was the first I have read through DailyLit and loved it so much that I might even re-read it, since I saved all my emails of the book. Truly a classic!
5/5
Reviewed by verlieg on Apr 29, 2011
Awesome classic
I actually was enthralled by this book there were a couple of dry spots but for the most part I loved it. I actually pictured the time frame and the chracters as real people. I bought this book and put it in my personal library. Thanks Daily lit for making this available to the public.
3/5 
Reviewed by electronjam on Feb 8, 2011
Long but worth it
It took me a year to finish this book – yes, even with dailylit! The beginning was interesting, the ending satisfying, but the middle was full of seemingly unrelated stories. I'm not sure if it’s an artefact of the way I read, but when the Count got to Paris to start his revenge in earnest, I got confused over who was who and which person belonged with which reward/punishment. With the French names, the multiple generations and the addition of people going around with multipleidentities and trying to scam different people, I was just reading along and hoping it would sort itself out. It does. The reader gets to ride along with the sheer audacity of the Count. I believe things would have worked out quite differently for our eponymous character in a modern novel.
While I'm not sure about the book's final message and the slight ambiguity whether we should go out and seek our own revenge or leave it to fate, I did enjoy this book. I'm glad I didn't give up before finishing it.
4/5 
Reviewed by klayton.engcomp on Dec 2, 2010
Good book
Ivery like this book, cause a think pleasant history.
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Ratings for 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Dumas, Alexandre
| amorelle | | 2009-03-21 | |
| AmyCaskie | | 2010-08-02 | |
| andrejules | | 2011-04-01 | |
| arenita | | 2011-09-30 | |
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| chrway | | Read review | 2008-10-27 |
| cmihaila | | Read review | 2011-10-17 |
| coolcat945 | | 2010-02-18 | |
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| DingDongDaddy | | 2009-12-10 | |
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