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Book Review By Melanie
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Edmond Dantès is turned from a naïve, trusting young man about to be married to his beautiful fiancée, Mercèdés, when he was arrested and imprisoned despite his innocence, due to the jealousy of those he counted friends. After spending nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, he escapes with the help of a priest, Abbé Faria who teaches him a variety of languages and sciences and leaves him with an enormous fortune. Bent on obtaining justice against those men who ruined his life and cost him his father, Dantès uses his mighty fortune and a variety of identites to obtain perfect and ingenious revenge on his enemies and to reward those who showed him loyalty and love when circumstances were at their darkest. Dantès perches precariously between being consumed by his need for revenge and the loving generosity of heart that he struggles to deny, even when dealing with those he has set out to destroy just as they destroyed him...


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
Ethnicity/Nationality
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France - Greece - Turkey
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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