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The Count of Monte cristo The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père. Highly recommended. Apart from The Three Musketeers, this is probably Alexandre Dumas most famous work and one of the greatest novels in Western literature: a novel every literate and educated person should read at least once in their lives. In this story, Edmond Dantes is an innocent man who was caught in the intrigues of Napoleons escape from Elba and his 100 days of power until Waterloo. With the help of Abbot Faria, a dying prisoner who knows the secret of a great hidden treasure on the small islet of Monte Cristo, Dantes escapes and prepares to unleash his revenge on those who did him wrong. For years he spends his time meticulously preparing his vengeful scheme against the treacherous friends and characters who left him to rot in prison for years and years. He refines his arts of disguise, alchemy, and manipulation to content himself with the ruin of his enemies. Unlike the adventure themes in his works such as The Three Musketeers, this story is a deep character study on being the victim of utmost injustice and how cruel revenge is sweet after all: how a wronged man is entitled to become the agent of divine retribution when God and mortal laws have abandoned his cause. The various themes, complex plot, profound character development, and rich prose makes this long work undoubtedly one of the greatest works of literature ever written: Dumas was without question a literary genius. As translator Robin Buss points out in his introduction, many of those who havent read The Count of Monte Cristo assume it is a childrens adventure story, complete with daring prison escape culminating in a simple tale of revenge. Although the plot is roughly linear beginning with Edmond Dantès return to Marseille, prenuptial celebration, and false imprisonment and ending with his somewhat qualified triumphant departure from Marseille and France, Dumas uses the techniq