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The Count of Monte Cristo

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is a very popular novel, which is written by the famous French writer Alexander Dumas. This work is Alexander Dumas' most famous work and one of the greatest novels in Western literature. Such novel is very fantastic and worth reading by every literate and educated person in their lives.

In this story, Edmond Dantes sailed back and he was going to merry with he loved girl named Mercedes. He was very promising because he would become a captain if everything went well. But one of his workmates named

Danglars was jealous of his gains. So Danglars framed Dantes with Fernand, a man who also loved Mercedes. They wrote a letter to government said that Dantes was a crazy supporter of Napoleon. The deputy, named Villefort, put innocent Dantes into a dark and isolated island prison assumed to be inescapable.

At first, Dantes was full of hope because he believed that he was innocent, he imagined Villefort would set him free sooner or later. However as time went on, he became hopeless and wanted to die. At that time he met Faria Abbe，a dying prisoner who knows the secret of a great hidden treasure on the small island of Monte Cristo. Faria Abbe taught Dantes rich knowledge, made him could act as a noble, and told Dantes where his treasure was. After Faria’s death, Dantes escaped from the prison and regained his freedom and found out Faria’s treasure successfully.

At that time, Dantes had been 14 years in prison. All had changed, so did the people in the 14 years. Dantes became a very rich Count from a young and foolish teenager, and changed his name to the Count of Nonte Cristo. And then began to show his gratitude as well as take his vengeance.

When he came to know his boss Morrel had ever tried to help him and his father, he gave Morrel a new ship and helped his family. Paying off a debt of gratitude, the Count of Nonte Cristo, began to take vengeance.

The plot of the Count’s vengeance to Danglars, Fernand and Villefort is excellent and full of ups and downs. He had sequentially entered their circle. The Count of Monte Cristo shamed Fernand’s son—Abel with duel and made Fernand mad. Then tricked Danglars with economic net and disinformation which made Danglars went bankrupt completely. Though a careful plan, the Count made Villefort treasonable, and tore their family up without his own hands.

The background of the story establishes on the Bourbon Dynasty and the July Dynasty. The class contradictions at this time are very complex and the social economic and political power structure are suffering big changes. The bourgeoisie are