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The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

  • Author: First Published: 2018-03-15
  • Genres: Literature Reads: 370
  • Words: 463444 Status: Completed
  • Score: 5.0 (1)

With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intr...

With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intr...

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2018/7/15 10:54:07

very interesting story... count of Monte Cristo

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