| The Count of Monte Cristo (Great Illustrated Classics) |  | Authors: Alexandre Dumas, Mitsu Yamamoto
Publisher: Playmore Publishers
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Sales Rank: 539572
Media: School & Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Pages: 237
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0866119795
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780866119795
ASIN: 0866119795
Publication Date: June 1993
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Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas' thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantes, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown in a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'Lf -- doomed to spend his life in a dark prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his miraculous escape, and his carefully wrought revenge creates a dramatic tale of mystery and intrigue, and paints a vision of France -- a dazzling, dueling, exuberant France -- that has become immortal. "Dumas was...a summit of art. Nobody ever could, or did, or will improve on Dumas' romance and play." --George Bernard Shaw
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 This is an abridged version!!! April 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I LOVE this book, therefore I was sorely dissapointed to discover that this is an abridged version and the amazon page did not indicate this at the time of my purchase (3/07)!! I post this to give you fair warning, buy the unabridged version, this is a FANTASTIC book!!
This book rocks! December 9, 2005
I thought it was well written and that it explains the story so you are not confused. I thought the was a little short because it goes through his prison time almost three-fourths of the book. My conclusion is that revenge is not the best way to handle things. Very well written!
The Count of Monte Cristo January 15, 2003
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an exciting book. Itys about a man named Edmond Dantes whoys wrongly accused being a Bonapartist. He goes to jail and somehow becomes a count. The count he becomes is the ******************. It has a lot of twists and turns. So many, in fact that, an explosion could happen and you wouldnyt even notice!
I really enjoyed this book because it was very exciting, even though there wasnyt a lot of ydodging missiles and bulletsy action. There was a lot of excitement and suspense. For example Edmond gets in a duel and Edmond is dragged to the bottom of the ocean. One thing I didnyt like about the book was that it didnyt start out that exciting. It is though, a book you canyt put down.
I believe this book has a very good message. The message is: yhelp your friends and they will help youy. I think this because: Edmond helped an abbe` and the abbe` helped him, and Edmond saved Morrelys and Valentineys life and they were his eternal friends. I really enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo.
Count of Monte Cristo Day February 22, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've ever thought life was unfair, you need to read this book. Revenge has never been so complete, and the avenger even has a spiritual awakening at the end. There's sword fights for guys and fancy clothes and romances for the girls. I first read the abridged version in the 8th grade, I read the full version a year later, and I'm reading it again right now. It's really that good. Any crime-ring or revenge themed book you will ever read draws references from this Dumas classic. And hey, there's a movie now too!(p.s. this is coming from a now 18-year-old actress with a very short attention span)
Dumas'Classic Tale Of Intrigue And Adventure January 7, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Alexandre Dumas, author of "The Three Musketeers" and the "Man In the Iron Mask", has given the literary world the adventure novel, forever bringing it to the level of the classic. The Count of Monte Cristo is mainly a story of revenge. The Romanticism in which the novel is characterized and the Napoleonic France for the setting, sets the mood for this nearly psychologically thrilling story that only a great French master like Dumas could create. Edmund Dantes, wrongly accussed of a crime he did not commit, taken to a prison of which there is no escape by his enemies, his only love taken by his best friend, spends years of suffering and harboring hatred in a rotting prison cell. But he also plans his revenge, how he methodically desires to bring upon the fateful end to his enemies and win back his love. He successfully manages to escape from prison and discovers a vast fortune. Assuming the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he extracts his revenge. What moral theme does Dumas really want to convey ? In the end, we discover how unfulfilled and how miserable our hero is, even when he has had the satisfaction of punishing his enemies. Dumas should be credited for such a marvelous work. He writes in the highest French Romantic fashion, and should be hailed with as much praise as Gustav Flaubert. The Three Musketeers, the immortal adventure story that made him famous, has been made into numerous films, and even The Count of Monte Cristo has had a terrific film version starring Will Chamberlain. A new release of the novel is set for January 25th of this year. Dumas may have died penniless, and he may not have been considered an excellent voice of the romantic age, but it is 2001 and we are still enthralled with the tales of intrigue, suspense, romance and adventure that this wonderful French writer conceived. Viva Dumas! Five stars for his terrific revenge story the Count of Monte Cristo
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