The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a captivating tale of adventure and vengeance set in Europe in the early 19th century. Edmond Dantes, a 19- year-old sailor, has a promising future. He's about to be married, and everything seems fine... until a favor he had done for his deceased captain lands him in the infamous political jail Chateau d'If. There, Dantes meets and befriends an old priest. Dantes soon learns that the priest is dieing from a severe medical condition, and shortly before the priest dies, he bequeaths a secret fortune entirely to his young friend, should he ever escape from prison. After fourteen long years, Dantes finally escapes from prison, finds the secret fortune, and with it, rewards people who have been kind to him and publicly destroys those who had conspired against him. …
