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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Summary
Sailor Edmond Dantès is betrayed by jealous rivals and imprisoned without trial in the island fortress of the Château d'If, where he learns of a hidden fortune from a fellow prisoner. After a daring escape he reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo and methodically pursues revenge against the men who destroyed his life. Dumas turns the long, patient unfolding of that revenge into one of the most satisfying adventure plots ever written.
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Historical Context & Significance
Dumas published the novel in installments through 1844 and 1845, drawing on a real case of wrongful imprisonment he had read about. It remains one of the most adapted and enduringly popular adventure novels in world literature.