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The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre

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The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author’s most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.
The story takes place in France, Italy and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1838. It begins from just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile) and spans through to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book.

An adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy and forgiveness, it focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty. In addition, it is a story that involves romance, loyalty, betrayal and selfishness, shown throughout the story as characters slowly reveal their true inner nature.

The book is considered a literary classic today. According to Luc Sante, “The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization’s literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, Noah’s flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood.”

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There are 9 ebooks by this Author
Dumas, Alexandre - The Man in the Iron Mask - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub
In this, the last of the Three Musketeers novels, Dumas builds on the true story of a mysterious prisoner held incognito in the French penal system, forced to wear a mask when seen by any but his jailer or his valet. If you have (More) skipped the novels between The Three Musketeers and this, a few notes will bring you into the story: On one side – Aramis, now a bishop and secretly the Captain-General of the Jesuit Order, who believes he has found a path to a higher honor – the papacy. Monsieur Fouquet, the vastly rich minister of finance, Aramis’ ally. Philippe, the identical twin of King Louis XIV, who grew up in ignorance of his pedigree, and whose surrogate parents were murdered on the king’s order and himself sent into the notorious Paris prison, the Bastille, there held in solitary confinement.
Dumas, Alexandre - Twenty Years After - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub
The fantastic adventures of the Three Musketeers continue - starting with an intrigue surrounding D'Artagnan who has, for twenty years, remained a lieutenant. Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, also known as (More) Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure. Translated into nearly 100 languages, these have made him one of the most widely read French authors in history. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later were originally published as serials. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totaled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris.
Dumas, Alexandre - The Count of Monte Cristo - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author’s most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. The story (More) takes place in France, Italy and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1838. It begins from just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile) and spans through to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book.
Dumas, Alexandre - The Three Musketeers - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of (More) the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis -- inseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one". The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It was later proven that Dumas had based his work on the book Mémoires de Monsieur D'Artagnan, capitaine lieutenant de la première compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi
Dumas, Alexandre - El Conde de Montecristo - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
El conde de Montecristo (Le comte de Monte-Cristo) es una novela de aventuras clásica de Alexandre Dumas padre y Auguste Maquet. Éste último no figuró en los títulos de la obra ya que Alexandre Dumas pagó una elevada suma de (More) dinero para que así fuera. Maquet era un colaborador muy activo en las novelas de Dumas, llegó a escribir obras enteras que Dumas reescribió más tarde. Esta obra se suele considerar como el mejor trabajo de Dumas, y a menudo se incluye en las listas de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos. El libro se terminó de escribir en 1844, y fue publicado en una serie de 18 partes durante los dos años siguientes. La historia tiene lugar en Francia, Italia y varias islas del Mediterráneo durante los hechos históricos de 1814–1838 (Los Cien Días del gobierno de Napoleón I, el reinado de Luis XVIII de Francia, de Carlos X de Francia y el reinado de Luis Felipe I de Francia). Trata sobre todo los temas de la justicia, la venganza, la piedad y el perdón y está contada en el estilo de una historia de aventuras.
Dumas, Alexandre - El tulipán negro - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
El tulipán negro (La tulipe noire) es una novela histórica que comienza con el linchamiento del ministro holandés Johan de Witt, un hecho histórico, y se desarrolla los meses siguientes al asesinato. En la ciudad de Haarlem se (More) organiza un concurso para ver qui puede cultivar un tulipán negro...
Dumas, Alexandre - El hombre de la máscara de hierro - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: iSilo
Dumas, Alexandre - Los tres mosqueteros - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
La novela cuenta las aventuras de un Gascon de 18 años, llamado d'Artagnan, quien se va a París. Allí conoce a Athos, Porthos y Aramis con quienes establece amistad. Los tres hombres son mosqueteros del rey Luis XIII. Entre los (More) cuatro amigos van a oponerse al Cardenal Richelieu y sus agentes, entre ellos la bella y misteriosa Milady de Winter, para salvar el honor de la reina de Francia Ana de Asturias. Los Tres Mosqueteros es el ejemplo claro de las novelas de capa y espada.
Dumas, Alexandre - Il conte di Montecristo - Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
Vittima delle insidiose trame di due acerrimi rivali e di un ambizioso magistrato senza scrupoli, il giovane ufficiale di marina Edmond Dantès viene arrestato a Marsiglia il giorno stesso del suo matrimonio e rinchiuso per (More) quattordici interminabili anni nel tenebroso castello d’If. Qui incontra l’anziano abate Faria, che gli offrirà l’occasione per una fuga avventurosa e gli permetterà di impossessarsi di un prezioso tesoro. Divenuto ricchissimo, Dantès – che ha ormai assunto il romantico titolo di conte di Montecristo – può infine portare a termine la sua tremenda vendetta… Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1844 e basato su un fatto di cronaca, Il conte di Montecristo è il romanzo d’appendice per eccellenza, caratterizzato da una trama movimentata e ricca di colpi di scena. Divenne subito popolarissimo imponendosi come modello per tutta la narrativa d’avventura dell’Ottocento e oltre, tanto da rimanere ancora oggi uno dei caposaldi della letteratura europea: un libro per ogni età, un grande romanzo sulle passioni degli uomini.
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