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Description
Thrown in prison for a crime he did not commit, Edmond Dantè s spends fourteen years of his youth there. During his confinement, he meets a priest who tells him about a treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Ripped away from his love, with a heart full of bitter revenge, Dantè s vows to escape from prison and find the treasure to right the wrongs committed against him, and punish the men responsible for the tragedy of his life. Will Dantè s ever be able to save himself, and condemn the guilty?
About the Author
Alexandre Dumas was a French writer born in 1802 in Picardy, France. In 1822, Dumas began his literary career and started writing plays, which were well-received and successfully produced. In the 1840s he founded the Thé â tre Historique in Paris which stood till 1863. A lot of his popular historical adventure novels, such as The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo and Twenty Years After, started off as periodic serials. He is one of the most widely read French authors and his works have been translated into several languages.