The Count Of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas – Book 12 – Volume 5, Part 2

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The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas – Book 12 – Volume 5 Part 2 Title The Count of Monte Cristo Overview The Count of Monte Cristo French Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas p re completed in 1844 It is one of the author s more popular works along with The Three Musketeers Like many of his novels it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet The story takes place in France Italy and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815 1839 the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France It begins on the day that Napoleon left his first island of exile Elba beginning the Hundred Days period when Napoleon returned to power The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book an adventure story centrally concerned with themes of hope justice vengeance mercy and forgiveness It centers on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned escapes from jail acquires a fortune and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment Before he can marry his fianc e Merc d s Edmond Dant s a nineteen-year-old Frenchman and first mate of the Pharaon is falsely accused of treason arrested and imprisoned without trial in the Ch teau d If a grim island fortress off Marseille A fellow prisoner Abb Faria correctly deduces that his jealous rival Fernand Mondego envious crewmate Danglars and double-dealing Magistrate De Villefort turned him in Faria inspires his escape and guides him to a fortune in treasure As the powerful and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo Italy Dant s arrives from the Orient to enter the fashionable Parisian world of the 1830s and avenge himself on the men who conspired to destroy him The book is considered a literary classic today According to Lucy Sante The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization s literature as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse and the story of Little Red Riding Hood Published 1888 List 100 Classic Book Collections Readers Choice Collections Cristo 19 Author Alexandre Dumas Translator George Routledge amp Sons Genre Action amp Adventure Fiction Episode The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas – Book 12 – Volume 5 Part 2 Volume 5 of 5 Part 2 of 4 Length Part 1 46 24 Episodes Volume 101 – 105 of 117 Book 12 Length Book 54 16 11 Episodes Book 101 – 105 of 117 Narrator David Clarke Language English Rated Guidance Suggested Edition Unabridged Audiobook Keywords Alexandre Dumas betrayal forgiveness justice mercy redemption revenge Hashtags freeaudiobooks audiobook mustread readingbooks audiblebooks favoritebooks free booklist audible freeaudiobook AlexandreDumas betrayal forgiveness justice mercy redemption revenge Credits All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain Wikipedia c Attribution-ShareAlike 3 0 Unported License WOMBO Dream — This episode is sponsored by Anchor The easiest way to make a podcast https anchor fm app — Send in a voice message https anchor fm free-audiobooks message Support this podcast https anchor fm free-audiobooks supportClick here to visit this podcast episode

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