risager reviewed The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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4 stars
Det var en fornøjelse!
Paperback, 136 pages
French language
Published June 22, 1987 by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company.
Au début du règne de Louis XVIII, Edmond Dantès est accusé à tort de trahison et enfermé dans la prison d'If, sur l'île du même nom, au large de Marseille. Après 14 années il réussit à s'échapper, et s'empare du trésor de l'île de Monte-Cristo, qui lui a été révélé par un compagnon de captivité. Devenu riche et puissant, il entreprend, sous le nom de comte de Monte-Cristo, de se venger de ses ennemis, qui l'ont accusé.
Det var en fornøjelse!
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.