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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1844
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 1200

A young sailor with everything ahead of him is framed and thrown into an island prison, where he finds a treasure and a teacher, and devotes the rest of his life to exquisite revenge.

All human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope.'
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

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