Páginas:598Géneros:12:FA:Modern&contemporaryfiction(postc1945)Sinopsis:Volume4of4AlexandreDumas,borninFrancein1802,isoneofthemostwidelyreadFrenchauthorsinhistory.Hisnovelsofhighadventurehavebeentranslatedintonearly100languagesandmadeintomorethan200movies.Averyprolificauthor,Dumas',spublishedworkstotalmorethan100,000pages.Hediedin1870andwasburiedinhisbirthplaceofVillers-Cotterê,ts.In2002,thebicentennialofhisbirth,hewasreinterredinthemausoleumofthePanthé,oninParis.LeComtedeMonte-Cristo,aclassicliterarytaleofrevenge,wasfirstpublishedinserialforminParis,appearingin18volumesoftheJournaldesDé,batsfrom1844-1845.IttakesplaceinFrance,Italy,andtheMediterranean.Thethemeofthenovelextendsbeyondrevengetoencompasshope,justice,mercy,andforgiveness.Asthecharactersofthestoryrevealtheirtrueselvesthroughtheiractionsoverthecourseofthebook,thereaderalsoseesromance,loyalty,betrayal,andselfishness.Theunabridgedformofthisstoryrunstoover1,000pagesineitherFrenchorEnglish,necessitatingmultiplevolumesofthisbilingualedition,whichisdesignedtoassistthoselearningFrench.TheoriginalFrenchtextappearsontheright-handpagesofthebook,withthecorrespondingEnglishtranslationontheleft-handpages.OtherbilingualbooksavailablefromSleepingCatBooks
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