The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Edmond Dantes, a young sailor engaged to the beautiful Mercédes, loses his fiancée and father after being wrongfully imprisoned for a bonapartist conspiracy. After spending 14 years in prison, he wages revenge on his opportunistic shipmate Danglars, who later assimilates into Parisian high society, and Fernand of Morcef, who marries the misfortunate Mercédes. A great commentary on French aristocracy filled with thrilling adventures and lessons about fate and hope.