The Count of Monte Cristo

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Author: Alexandre Dumas
Genre: Classics
count_of_monte_cristo.jpg Synopsis

The ultimate 'time solves all problems, and revenge is sweet but not needed' story. The best revenge is to live well.


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    As a bullied teen I read this novel and realised that I didn't need to get back at my tormentors this week or even next, I realised that I didn't have to get down to their level and I could wait and e...

  • Lorna Howie's story

    This has been the story that has stayed with me ever since I read it. The complicated revenge taken in the narrative is exciting, political, emotional and eventually very satisfying. ...