Product Description
This book presents a tale of love and revenge in the post-Napoleonic era. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in prison. His sole companion is the ‘crazy’ priest Faria, who shares with Edmond a secret escape plan, and a map to hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo…. More >>
Tags: Companion, Count, count of monte cristo, Cristo, edmond, enemies, hidden riches, life in prison, map, marseilles, mercedes, Monte, napoleonic era, revenge, tale of love, wedding day
#1 by Anonymous on January 30, 2010 - 6:47 pm
i never liked classics and i don’t like this one
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on January 30, 2010 - 9:21 pm
I have to read this book for school, and it is boring, dull, puts you to sleep after 2 pages…..exc…..exc….exc……. Dantes need to fugure out who he is….he must be 6 peple in his story…..but it did bite that he got arrested for that letter though….. Those guys were jerks..
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Chris Willett (cwillett@math.uiuc.edu) on January 30, 2010 - 10:59 pm
The text is long, but is an easy read. The characters are all flat, with the exception being one of the villians. There is the occasional bright spot, but these are usually separated by two or three hundred pages. I would only recommend this novel to people whose age is counted using a single digit.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on January 30, 2010 - 11:07 pm
As I read this book in english class, I found this novel way too long and bombasic. But then I found out why it was so long. The author was paid for each chapter that he wrote. If anyone is stupid enough to actually buy and read this work of verbose crap on their spare time, I pity that person. Much of the stuff that happens in the middle of the book has nothing to do with the plot.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by eric marley on January 31, 2010 - 12:57 am
THIS BOOK IS BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I watched the movie, and loved it, but was completely and totally bored by the book. on the other hand the movie was wonderful. lots of action and drama. it is about a young man who is framed and taken to the prison island of monte christo. he escapes and finds treasure in a hidden cove. He uses the riches to take revenge on his enemy who framed him. please take my advice and just watch the movie.
Rating: 2 / 5