Why does this story of a 19th-century sailor imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit resonate so violently in the 21st century? Because speaks to a universal fantasy: the idea that if we were wronged, we could have the resources, intelligence, and patience to make our enemies understand the cost of their betrayal.
To read Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is to embark on one of literature’s most satisfying emotional journeys. It taps into a primal human desire: the wish to see the virtuous rewarded and the wicked punished, meted out by a protagonist who possesses the means, the intellect, and the terrifying will to execute divine judgment. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
He stops. He questions everything Abbé Faria taught him. He asks, "Have I done right or wrong?" Why does this story of a 19th-century sailor