The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas shared by leali

Edmond Dantes was a happy young man, who was about to marry a beautiful young woman named Mercedes and about to become a captain. However, he had some jealous rivals which he did not know of: Fernand, who was Mercedes' cousin and also loves Mercedes, and Danglars, a friend who become jealous of Dantes' successful future career. On the evening of Dantes' wedding, Fernand writes a fake letter "proving" that Dantes is a Bonapartist traitor and frames him. Villefort becomes his judge and when he finds out that the letter was addressed to his father, his fear instructs him to sentence Dantes to be in prison for life. During his prison life, he meets a clever man who helps him realize his enemies and teaches him (he used to work under a royalty) to take revenge on his rivals. Before the man dies, he informs Dantes of a great treasure hidden in the island of Monte Cristo. With great wealth, knowledge, and power, The Count of Monte Cristo attracts readers with a great story of revenge, hate, and forgiveness of the newly transformed Dantes to the Count of Monte Cristo.

This book is currently one of my favorites, for it is an interesting classic book. I usually do not enjoy classics, but after reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and White Fang, I decided that they are not as bad as I thought. The Count of Monte Cristo was a very long book, which sometimes encouraged me to stop reading it, but the exciting events and discoveries made by the fascinating characters told me not to do so. The author made a good balance of descriptive words and the events because I was easily able to picture the events in my mind. For example, when the author wrote about Edmond's jealous rivals, I was able to see Fernand and Danglars smirking at him and talking behind his back.