The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas in collaboration with Auguste Maquet. Completed in 1844, it is partly inspired by real events. The novel takes place in France, Italy, and some Mediterranean islands, in the historical period 1815–1839, that is, between the period in which French rule was restored to the monarchy under the Bourbon monarchy, and the reign of the French King Louis-Philippe. The historical setting is an essential element of the book. The events of the film begin on the day that Napoleon left his first island of exile, Elba, to begin the so-called Hundred Days, during which Napoleon returned to power. The events of the novel present sensitive and powerful themes such as justice, revenge, injustice, mercy, and others. The protagonist, Edmond d’Auntis, is a 19-year-old sailor, the captain’s assistant on the ship Pharaoh, who arrives in Marseille to propose to his lover Mercedes the next day. He is betrayed by two jealous friends. Because of this betrayal, Dontes was tried as a traitor to France and a conspirator with Napoleon Bonaparte, and was imprisoned in the prison of the Chateau d’Eau near Marseille. After 14 years, he was initially in despair and then hardened by his colleague, Father Faria, and was able to escape in the end and seize the treasure that Father Faria had hidden and left on the island of Monte Cristo. He became rich and powerful and began his journey of systematic revenge on those who were the cause of his imprisonment.
The novel is one of the most famous of Alexandre Dumas’s works, along with the novel The Three Musketeers, both in France and abroad. It was originally published in a newspaper in two parts, the first part in 1844, and the second part in 1846.