The largest portion of the novel deals with his unique methods of effecting this revenge against his enemies, who became, during Dantès' fourteen years of imprisonment, very powerful and very wealthy people. Then he devotes his life to bringing about God's retribution against the evil people who were responsible for his imprisonment. The rest of his life is spent, at first, performing acts of goodness and charity for the good people whom he has known. He becomes the Count of Monte Cristo and dedicates himself to becoming God's avenging angel. They become as father and son, and when the Abbé is about to die, he reveals to Dantès the hiding place of a long-secret buried treasure, consisting of untold wealth in gold coins, diamonds, and other precious jewels.Īfter fourteen years of bitter imprisonment and hardships, and after a very daring and miraculous escape, Dantès is able to discover the buried treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, and so he buys the island. When the two men finally meet, the other prisoner turns out to be a learned Abbé, who teaches Dantès many languages, sciences, history, and other subjects. While imprisoned, Dantès hears a fellow prisoner digging a tunnel, and so he too begins digging. Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit Dantès (alias the Count of Monte Cristo his other aliases are Sinbad the Sailor, Abbé Busoni, and Lord Wilmore) Dantès is the dashing and romantic hero of the novel at the age of nineteen, he is falsely imprisoned for a crime which he did not commit and is kept in the horrible dungeon of the Chateau d'If, where he undergoes unbelievable hardships and sufferings that would destroy an ordinary man. The book is considered a literary classic today.
It deals with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy and forgiveness. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and in the Levant during the historical events of 1815-1838 (from just before the Hundred Days to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works.
LibriVox recording of The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas.
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