Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome I

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

Contributor:

Maquet, Auguste, 1813-1888

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome I" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who is wrongfully imprisoned and seeks vengeance after his escape. The novel explores themes of justice, revenge, and redemption as Dantès transforms into the enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo. The opening of the novel introduces the arrival of the ship "Pharaon" at Marseille. Edmond Dantès, the second mate of the ship, learns about the death of his captain and the consequences it might have on his life. The narrative sets up Dantès' promising future as he anticipates becoming the captain and marrying his beloved, Mercedes. However, underlying tensions appear with the jealousy of his rival, Fernand, and the machinations of Danglars, foreshadowing the betrayals and challenges that will lead to Dantès' tragic fall into imprisonment. The groundwork for Dantès' remarkable story of revenge is skillfully laid out in this opening portion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com

Notes:

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Comte_de_Monte-Cristo

Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2006-03-15