
In addition, he wrote travel books, children's stories and his Mémoires which describe most amusingly his early life, his entry into Parisian literary circles and the 1830 Revolution. Dumas wrote many of these for the newspapers, often in daily instalments, marshalling his formidable energies to produce ever more in order to pay off his debts. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (pre) completed in 1844.

Other novels deal with the wars of religion and the Revolution. His most successful novels are The Count of Monte Cristo, which appeared during 1844-5, and The Three Musketeers, published in 1844. Measure your reading speed and know how fast you will finish any book. With an average reading speed of 420 words per minute, you will finish reading this book in 6 days if you devote 4 hours daily. In 1839 he turned his attention to writing historical novels, often using collaborators such as Auguste Maquet to suggest plots or historical background. Table of Contents for The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Pere Add to Bookshelf This book contains 510528 words. With an average reading speed of 420 words per minute, you will finish reading this book in 6 days if you devote 4 hours daily. Later he entered the cénacle of Charles Nodier and started writing.In 1829 the production of his play, Henri III et sa Cour, heralded twenty years of successful playwriting. He joined the household of the future king, Louis-Philippe, and began reading voraciously. He was brought up in straitened circumstances and received very little education. Thirty-six years after Journal des dbats first published The Count of Monte Cristo, American politician, lawyer, and army general Lew.


His father, the illegitimate son of a marquis, was a general in the Revolutionary armies, but died when Dumas was only four. ANOTHER CLASSIC NOVEL WAS INSPIRED BY DUMAS’ STORY. Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 at Villers-Cotterêts.
