risager reviewed The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Review of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Det var en fornøjelse!
1276 pages
French language
Published Jan. 1, 2008
The Count of Monte Cristo
4 stars
(25 reviews)
The original revenge story, The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure story set in France and Italy. The story commences just before the Hundred Days of Napoleon and continues on to the reign of King Louis-Philippe. Edmond Dantes, a young merchant sailor is falsely accused of being a Bonapartiste and imprisoned on an island. It takes 14 years for Dantes to escape, during which he befriends an ageing fellow prisoner who bequeaths him a fortune hidden in a cave on an Italian island. With this fortune Dantes reinvents himself as the Count of the title and returns to France to seek revenge against the men who ruined his life.
Vinjii reviewed The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Review of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Edmond Dantes is a good guy. Truly a good guy. He comes home from his travels aboard a ship and wants to marry his fiancée, Mercedes. On his wedding day an intrigue sends him off to prison. After years of sitting in a cell alone and almost losing his mind he finally manages to flee. He finds an immense treasure, thanks to a deceased inmate and goes back to Paris to get his revenge on the ones that took away his life. The way he serves his revenge (cold) is delicious. Everything in this story fits and it's one of the books I can read again and again and again.
