Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
472 pages, Hardcover
First published January 15,1846
This edition
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472 pages, Hardcover
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January 1, 2002 by State Street Press
- ISBN
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9780681218550
- ASIN
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068121855X
- Language
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English
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Edmond Dantès
Edmond Dantès is the protagonist and title character of Alexandre Dumas, pères novel, The Count of Monte Cristo.Dumas may have gotten the idea for the character of Edmond from a story which he found in a book compiled by Jacques Peuchet, archivist t...
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Abbé Faria
Italian priest and sage; befriends Edmond while both are prisoners in the Château dIf, acts as a father for Edmond Dantès (as Dantès said once "I can have my revenge, thanks to you, my second father") and reveals the secret of the island of Monte Cr...
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Giovanni Bertuccio
The Count of Monte Cristos steward and very loyal servant; in the Counts own words, Bertuccio "knows no impossibility" and is sure of never being dismissed from the Counts service because, as the Count states, he (the Count) will "never ...
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Luigi Vampa
Celebrated Italian bandit and fugitive; owes much to the Count of Monte Cristo, and is instrumental in many of the Counts plans. He enjoys reading classic historical works dealing with great military leaders.more...
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Haydée
The daughter of Ali Pasha, eventually bought by the Count of Monte Cristo from the Sultan Mahmoud. Even though she was purchased as a slave, Monte Cristo treats her with the utmost respect. She lives in seclusion by her own choice, but is usually very awa...
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Mercédès Mondego
(née: Herrera) Edmonds fiancée at the beginning until their planned marriage is interrupted by Edmonds imprisonment. Eighteen months later, she marries cousin Fernand Mondego (while still pledging eternal love to Dantès) because she believes E...
About the author
Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.
Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.
Dumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris.
Excerpted from Wikipedia.
