Edmond Dantes oli 19-aastane meremees, keda ootas helge tulevik koos kauni armastatu Mercedesega. Tema edu tegi kadedaks nii laeva reaamatupidaja Danglari kui Mercedest endale ihkava Fernand Mondego, kes ta reetsid ning Edmindile määrati eluaegne vangistus üksikkongis. Vangis olles sõbruneb ta elunäinud abee Fariaga. Vana mees annab Edmondile kaugele saarele peidetud mõõtmatu aarde näol vahendid, et ta jõuaks oma ihaldatuimale eesmärgile, milleks on kättemaks. Raamat on kahes köites.
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This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils. Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent. Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career. Dumas' father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris. Excerpted from Wikipedia.
