The Count of Monte Cristo

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adventure novel novel revenge novel

The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic 19th-century adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that follows a wrongfully imprisoned man’s elaborate quest for revenge and justice.

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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo 1
The Count of Monte-Cristo 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
revenge novel ⓘ
author Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
centralTheme betrayal ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
hope ⓘ
justice ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
character Abbé Faria ⓘ
Caderousse ⓘ
Danglars ⓘ
Edmond Dantès ⓘ
Fernand Mondego ⓘ
Gérard de Villefort ⓘ
Haydée ⓘ
Maximilien Morrel ⓘ
Mercédès ⓘ
Valentine de Villefort ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Journal des débats ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film) ⓘ
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954 film) ⓘ
The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film) ⓘ
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film) ⓘ
influenced revenge fiction ⓘ
isConsidered classic of world literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Edmond Dantès ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableQuote Wait and hope ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle The Count of Monte Cristo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
protagonist Edmond Dantès ⓘ
publicationEndYear 1846 ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1844 ⓘ
setIn France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
settingEndYear 1838 ⓘ
settingPeriod post-Napoleonic era ⓘ
settingStartYear 1815 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Revenge → basedOn → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret → childNotableFor → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
Château d’If → describedIn → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
Revenge → inspiredBy → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
Alexandre Dumas → notableWork → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
Taryn Power → notableWork → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Count of Monte-Cristo
Château d’If → notableWorkOfFiction → The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ
The Count of Monte Cristo → originalTitle → The Count of Monte Cristo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo