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This enduringly popular tale of love and vengeance in the post-Napoleonic era follows Edmond Dantes as he prepares to captain his own ship and marry his beloved Mercedes. But on his wedding day, he is betrayed by spiteful enemies and arrested on trumped-up charges. Condemned to lifelong imprisonment, he befriends Abbe Faria, a priest and fellow inmate with an escape plan. When Abbe Faria dies, Edmond enters society posing as the brooding and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo to relclaim his lost love and extract a terrible vengeance from his accusers. In this landmark of classic fiction, Alexandre Dumas gives free rein to his interest in travel, classical myth, and human psychology. With its nonstop adventure, intrigue, and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo remains one of the great popular novels of all time.
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