∗wronged sailor plots his vengeance across seas and years

The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much a…

No, no, my dear Edmond—my boy—my son!—no; but I did not expect you; and …

For three or four centuries they have remained upon this small promontor…

To have dreamed for ten years of being your husband, Mercédès, and to lo…

∗Dumas unfolds a sprawling revenge narrative with meticulous plotting and moral complexity, rewarding readers who track the web of conspiracies and redemptions across years and continents.

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.