The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics)
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not on...show more
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Despite the insane length, this book was fun, and once I got into the rhythm of it I looked forward to returning to it. There are deeper topics of enduring suffering, man seeing himself as God, pride, love, loyalty, and keeping promises. Still, for me, it lacked some depth in those topics.
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