Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas · 1830 · 599 pages
ISBN 9780140449266
"Farewell, all sentiments that uplift the heart! I have acted as Providence, rewarding the good. Now, let God the Avenger take my place, that I may punish the wicked!" The year is 1815. Edmond Dantès, a ship’s officer, is preparing to marry the beautiful Mercédès. Through the machinations of the envious accountant Danglars and the jealousy of his romantic rival, Fernand, Dantès is arrested as an enemy of the state. Fearing that his own reputation might be compromised, the deputy public prosecutor, Villefort, has him imprisoned for life in the Château d’If—without a trial. The wretched young…
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