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Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of treason on the day of his marriage. He is directly imprisoned in the fortress of If without any investigations being conducted. Edmond does not give up and he is determined to find his way out. The endpoint is the Isle of Monte Cristo which hides a great fortune. Will Dantes free himself from the imprisonment? Will he find his way back to his fiancée? Will he prove his innocence or will he die trying?
Find out the answers in one of the most famous adventure novels by Alexandre Dumas "The Count of Monte Cristo", a story inspired by a real figure.

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer who lived in the period 1802-1870. He is best known with his historical adventure novels "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers" and "The Man in the Iron Mask" but his literary legacy goes way beyond these three works. Dumas wrote many essays, short stories and travelogues which recount not only his personal life, but give also give an insight into the literary life during the French Romantic Movement. As a result Alexandre Dumas is known to be one of the most popular and leading authors of the 19th century.

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