This fascinating novel explores the theme of revenge—when an individual dares to restore justice lost in this world. Young sailor Edmond Dantès, who has a beloved sweetheart and a whole life ahead of him, is, on a whim of his “friends,” thrown into prison for years. His fate is shattered, and it seems he has lost everything. The wealth and freedom regained miraculously cannot compensate for the lost future of the young sailor. To Edmond Dantès, now Count of Monte Cristo, there is left only one consolation—revenge. But this feeling takes the former prisoner too far, and he kills a small boy… Tragedy sobers the Count and stops him. He finds the strength to forgive the chief culprit of his troubles.
Alexandre Dumas created an entire artistic reality in which every step of his main character is planned. There is no heavy philosophical pondering in the novel. As is typical of A. Dumas, everything happens and is resolved easily and simply, in one breath. The main character is a strong, vivid personality who cannot fail to inspire. Bursting into the reader’s gray everyday life, the Count of Monte Cristo captures the imagination and gives marvelous minutes that you want to relive again and again…