The Count of Monte Cristo is Alexander Dumas’s most popular work and is celebrated as a classic. The novel is set in the time of the Bourbon Restoration, a time when Napoleon I abdicated was abdicated and the Bourbon monarchs were restored to the throne in France. Like many of his books, this novel is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
The Count of Monte Cristo talks about Edmond Dantes, an innocent man who is unjustly held in prison, and later manages to escape and takes revenge. Undoubtedly, Edmond Dantes is the protagonist of this much-loved novel. In the beginning, he is portrayed as an honest and loving man. His character undergoes a complete shift after he is framed for a crime which he did not commit; he turns bitter and vengeful. When he is free and enormously wealthy, he takes it upon himself to reward those who have helped him in his plight and punish those who were responsible for his years of suffering.
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