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A truly timeless class about revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo is a sprawling adventure inspired by Dumas’s own father. A wrongfully-imprisoned Dante sets off on a course of vengeance, and what a thrilling course it is. If ever there are "must-read" books, this is one.

One of the grandest tales of adventure, Alexandre Dumas’s epic novel of revenge, perseverance, lost love, and self-invention—now a PBS Masterpiece miniseries starring Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons

“My desert island book . . . No matter how many times I revisit it, I find new lines to appreciate, new narrative corners to explore.”—V. E. Schwab, The New York Times Book Review

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d’If. Th...

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