Adventure

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

A man is betrayed by his friends, buried alive in a fortress, and returns fourteen years later with a fortune and a very long list. He gets his revenge, methodically, and it costs him nearly everything revenge always costs. Dumas understood that patience, given enough time, is indistinguishable from a weapon.

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Reading time

About 31 hr 10 min

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Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #1184. In the public domain in the United States.