Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Alexandre Dumas
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 242
- Publisher
- Collins, Playmore,Inc., Macmillan India Limited
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
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