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    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Written by Alexandré Dumas

    Narrated by Adam Storan

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    The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrontPage Publishing Audio
    Release dateOct 27, 2018
    ISBN9782291041719
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    Alexandré Dumas

    Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802. After a childhood of extreme poverty, he took work as a clerk, and met the renowned actor Talma, and began to write short pieces for the theatre. After twenty years of success as a playwright, Dumas turned his hand to novel-writing, and penned such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), La Reine Margot (1845) and The Black Tulip (1850). After enduring a short period of bankruptcy, Dumas began to travel extensively, still keeping up a prodigious output of journalism, short fiction and novels. He fathered an illegitimate child, also called Alexandre, who would grow up to write La Dame aux Camélias. He died in Dieppe in 1870.

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    • 5/5
      It's a wonderful book, of course. Assuming that the etiquette and speech of the time is accurate, it is fascinating as a form of cultural history. The plot is quite interesting and Dumas doesn't try to needlessly complicate it with red herrings and the like. His language tends to be as extravagant as his characters' life styles, with people constantly breaking out in facial perspiration and expressions that "cannot be described", not to mention the emotional roller-coaster that he takes us on, but it is nonetheless well written. Great fun.
    • 5/5
      This book has taken the number 1 spot on my best reads of all time!

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    • 5/5
      A perfectly thrilling book! Demanded my attention as I listened and consumed my thoughts in the mean time. I am sad that it had to end.

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