Book description
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his…
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About 10 years ago, I wanted to read some of the classics that we used to read in grade school. Out of all the books that I read, The Count of Monte Cristo was the hardest to put down.
This is a page-turner! It is completely engaging and fast-moving. I put it on this list because it explores the danger of purpose without a moral compass or wisdom. Dantès survives by giving himself a mission, but as vengeance becomes his identity, his meaning erodes.
This book reminds me that not all purpose leads to fulfillment and that, sometimes, it can…
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