The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

By Alexandre Dumas

  • Release Date: 1846-01-14
  • Genre: Classics
Score: 4.5
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Description

An Apple Books Classic edition.

Alexandre Dumas’ classic paints a portrait of Edmond Dantès, a dark and calculating man who is willing to wait years to exact his perfect plan for revenge. After his so-called friends frame him for treason, Dantès is sentenced to life imprisonment in a grim island fortress on what was supposed to be his wedding day. After 14 years, he manages to escape prison, but he is unable to free himself from an all-consuming fury. Instead, Dantès spends a decade carrying out the plan for revenge he conceived while behind bars, bringing nightmarish ruination to those who once betrayed him-and second chances to those who tried to save him.

When it was first published in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo quickly became the best-selling book in all of Europe. Dumas’ novel was ahead of its time, an exciting tale of adventure, treasure, secret identities, and daring escapes. It also reads like an early psychological thriller, leaving readers uneasy as they cheer Dantès on in his vengeful quest. It’s no wonder this book has inspired dozens of screen adaptations!

Reviews

  • I didn’t know what I was getting into

    5
    By taorenjie
    First of all, this book is massive. Printed editions range from 1,200-1,400 pages. I had no clue. A French friend of mine recommended this book and I remember really liking the 2002 film. But this was just…epic, in a literal sense. The English translation is quite old, but in its own way, beautiful. I got the help of ChatGPT to decode certain passages or to explain historical background. For me, that was part of the adventure. A captivating read that left me feeling sad when it was over, like saying goodbye to an old friend. Read it to be transported to another time, for the adventure, for the intellectual satisfaction, and for the emotional experience. I loved it.

  • Great book, okay digital copy

    4
    By Mr Zibz
    While the contents are present in whole, there are numerous issues throughout with transcribing, translation, and/or transliteration. For a free book though, these are tolerable shortfalls.

  • Typos

    5
    By Countess of Crypto
    The book is amazing! However, there are many typos in this copy. It was distracting.

  • Love the story hate this translation

    2
    By ElSheedy
    The typographical errors in this book are so many that even though I have never been a teacher I crave a red pen. I wanted to reconnect with a childhood favorite only to be annoyed by misspellings, Grod instead God, typos, 1 instead of I among many others. Look for another e-version, I suggest the Gutenberg Project version.

  • Great story; poor digitization

    3
    By BWReviews0602
    The book is a classic and remains entertaining even in modern times however, it appears that this version was not properly digitized. Periodic scrambling of letters and repeated paragraphs are the only reason my rating is not higher.

  • Perfect

    5
    By Choncho56
    My math teacher recommended it and i loved it

  • Proofread!

    4
    By agalbraithioola
    This edition contains a lot of typos. A lot. Misspellings, wrong words (like “lie” instead of “he”), one or more lines of text missing, and some lines are repeated.

  • Book Great - Version less than great

    5
    By Bigbier22884
    The work itself is a classic. This version seemed scanned - throughout the work there were several little typos. No big deal but kinda annoying and unbecoming of the Count.

  • Classic indeed

    5
    By mdrbrla
    There is more than ample reason for this to be a classic. Who do we find in ourselves? Do we not see pieces of ourselves at different times of our life? Have we all not experienced love? Anger? Despair? And, Hope? The narrative so long ago produced remains relative regardless of time.

  • Good book but…

    2
    By Gaming artist
    I really enjoyed the story but this translation was utterly terrible. There were issues with paragraphs repeating, and misspelt words,

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