The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas / 1,312 pp.

I read the Penguin Classic version of this book. This translation by Robin Buss is a wonderful translation. Not only is this version unabridged, but it is set in readable, modern (but not trendy!) English. I found The Count of Monte Cristo to be a gripping, fast-paced read. While it is a long book, the plot is very driven and the pages fly by.

For those who do not know the story, the basic plot is about a young man who is unjustly imprisoned and, fourteen years later, is released, his mind set on revenge. For those who don’t know the story, I don’t want to give more away!

I personally love this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys long and sometimes- melodramatic period novels about revenge!

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