100 Best Russian Books
Alexander Duma
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Like a hundred and sixty-five years ago, "Graf Monte Cristo" Alexander Duma remains one of the most popular novels in world literature. He was sent to follow up, was placed on the stage, created musicals, screened, but so far, countless publications of the book have brought pleasure to new and new generations of readers.
The story of a young Parisian who was put in a joke by his pals in prison was painted by the author in the Paris police archives. And there's a seaman Edmond Dantes coming out of the craft, a martyr of If's castle. Without waiting for justice, he decides to take the court himself and to brutally vengeance to the enemies who destroyed his happiness. The Duma, who has always suffered debts, is happy to turn his hero into a bass rich man who burns out sapphires, diamonds, emeralds and rubies, gives the fate of some characters and stirs the lives of others.