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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Gabe Eggers
It's easy to see why this has been a favorite of many for nearly two centuries! The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic revenge tale with liberal dashes of manners, swashbuckling, and romance (along with surprising pinches of telegraphy lessons, insider trading, drug-induced hallucinations, and 19th century-coded lesbians). While the story is long as only a serialized novel can be, I was enraptured from my first evening of reading, and many nights I only put it down because I physically had to sl ...more
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