The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
1,855 pages~31 hrs
“Fourteen years in a dungeon was only the beginning of his revenge.”
Betrayed on his wedding day and left to rot in a grim island fortress, Edmond Dantès spends years plotting a daring escape and a masterful return. Armed with a hidden fortune and a new identity, he begins a cold, calculated game of retribution against the men who stole his life.
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