The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is the ultimate novel of retribution.
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This beautiful, abridged Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Count of Monte Cristo features an afterword by Marcus Clapham.
The book was a huge, popular success when it was first serialized in 1844, and remains the greatest tale of revenge.
He encounters the three principal betrayers of Dantes who have prospered in the post-Napoleonic boom and, one by one, their lives fall apart.
Years later, Paris is intrigued by the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who bursts onto the Paris social scene with his millions.
Based on a true story, it recounts the story of Edouard Dantes, his betrayal and imprisonment in the sinister Chateau d'
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is the ultimate novel of retribution
