The Count of Monte Cristo (Cliffs Notes) [Paperback]

James L. Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1985 | ISBN-10: 0822003260 | ISBN-13: 978-0822003267

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature.

CliffsNotes on The Count of Monte Cristo takes you into a rollicking yarn of adventure, wit, and revenge.

Following the story of a man imprisoned for 14 years who escapes by outsmarting his captors, this study guide shows through its expert commentaries just how the Count works justice with a vengeance on his enemies. Other features that help you figure out this important work include

• Life and background of the author, Alexandre Dumas
• Character sketches on the novel's vast array of personalities
• Plot synopsis and summaries for each chapter
• Suggested essay topics and a select bibliography

Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes (April 15, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822003260
• ISBN-13: 978-0822003267
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 1-star Cliff Notes for a 5-star novel, April 4, 2005

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David Forthoffer (Eureka, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Count of Monte Cristo (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

The Cliff Notes guide to "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a superficial, error-riddled guide to a superb yarn of Machiavellian revenge gone astray. Although Dantés first embarks on complete revenge against his enemies, he ultimately realizes that course would also punish the ones he loves, so he leaves revenge in God's hands. That point is utterly ignored by the Cliff Notes.

It is also not clear which version the Cliff Notes reviews. I am familiar with Grosset & Dunlap's 1,365-page edition, copyright 1946 by McGraw-Hill Book Company. This edition has 118 chapters, ranging from "1. Marseilles-- The Arrival" through "118. The Fifth of October". The Cliff Notes only mentions 73 chapters. If they are reviewing an abridged version, they should say so.

The Cliff Notes also has many lesser mistakes, including misspelling "Maximillian Morrel" and "Coclès". If they are that careless with simple things, think what they do with complex issues!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Count Cliff Notes, October 25, 2008

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Tanya J. Bradford - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Count of Monte Cristo (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

Really helped my daughter better understand the book for her Literature assignment. Highly recommend.

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful account of an innocent 's revenge on his enemies, April 26, 1997

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This review is from: The Count of Monte Cristo (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

This book is a beautifully written novel about a man who is betrayed by his friends. Taken from his lover, father and life as he knows it, Edmond Dantes is forced into a cold dungeon cell of the Chateau D'If. There he comes about a number of circumstances which lead to his escape from the prison, purchase of the Island of Monte Cristo and crowning as Count and delivery of atonement his "friends" full of beguile. In this novel one will learn that the "good guy always wins" if he is only willing to wait for it. One of Dumas's best, The Count of Monte Cristo wraps a love story in a truly riveting action-mystery novel