The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas · 1844 CE · Novel · French · Romantic

A young sailor about to be made captain and married is denounced by men who envy him and buried without trial in the Château d'If. A fellow prisoner educates him and tells him where a fortune lies hidden; years later a wealthy stranger appears in Paris and begins moving among the families that ruined him. Vengeance executed like clockwork.

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Lineage

• parallels ↑ Hamlet
  William Shakespeare · c. 1601 CE · Play
• ↓ Scaramouche
  Rafael Sabatini · 1921 CE · Novel — influenced by this

Attributes

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• Twenty Years After
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• Scaramouche
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  38% · 9 shared
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• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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  38% · 9 shared
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• The Tale of Hong Gildong
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  38% · 9 shared
  NovelAdventureJustice & RevengeIdentity & SelfRags to RichesGold / TreasureThe Maskvs PersonRomantic
• The Three Musketeers
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  37% · 11 shared
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