Edmond dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, chateau dif. Dumas can be wordy, convoluted, but never redundant. My version has 117 chapters, it is an oversized book with excellent illustrations published by gaillimard. He was a man of twentyfive or twentysix years of age, of unprepossessing. The count of monte cristo is an adventure novel by french author alexandre dumas pere. Grace a sa fortune et aux mauvais penchants du baron banquier, il va presque parvenir a le ruiner. Although it was written in a time when writing style and norms were different, i dont think this book is in any way inferior to any great modern novel. It was written in 1844 and is now in the public domain. Index 1 le livre 2 alexandre dumas 3 vocabulaire 4 resume 5 film 6 l. Project gutenberg offers 61,612 free ebooks to download. Who among the persons here assembled answers to the name of edmond dantes. Monte cristo, the three musketeers, and the man in the iron mask were serialized, and he also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. Lecomtedemontecristo felix acuyo gomez mercedes espinosa.
While imprisoned, he meets the abbe faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. After six years of imprisonment in the chateau dif, dantes is on the verge of suicide when he befriends the. During this time he will pretend to be a number of different people, including sinbad the sailor, lord wilmore, abbe faria, and the count of monte cristo. Project gutenberg offers 62,060 free ebooks to download. Another important work by dumas, written before his work. We will follow him over the course of twentythree years and 117 chapters yikes. It is one of the authors more popular works, along with the three musketeers. During this time he will pretend to be a number of different people, including sinbad the sailor, lord. Le format pdf necessite le logiciel gratuit adobe reader. Lu et relu, devore sous tous les formats roman dorigine, litterature.
Caderousse voisin du pere dedmond dantes a marseille. With jean marais, lia amanda, daniel ivernel, folco lulli. He was a man of twentyfive or twentysix years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the chateau dif, got on board the vessel between cape morgion and rion island. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter auguste maquet. I use the penguin edition of the count of monte cristo. I finished a 1400 page novel in french, even if it took me 5 months t home. The work, which is set during the time of the bourbon restoration in france, tells the story of an unjustly incarcerated. My version has the complete original version by dumas. The count of monte cristo english version, unabridged.
The count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas tempe union. He meets another prisoner there, finds out why he was framed, and by whom, and is told of a great treasure left on the island of montecristo. The count of monte cristo, by alexandre dumas, pere. Count of monte cristo, on which this story is based, was. The count of monte cristo is a classic french novel. It will take quite six weeks to unload the cargo, and we cannot get you ready for sea until.
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