The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a captivating tale of adventure and vengeance set in Europe in the early 19th century. Edmond Dantes, a 19- year-old sailor, has a promising future. He's about to be married, and everything seems fine... until a favor he had done for his deceased captain lands him in the infamous political jail Chateau d'If. There, Dantes meets and befriends an old priest. Dantes soon learns that the …showed first 75 words of 527 total…

…showed last 75 words of 527 total…he wants to make sure he damages his rivals' reputations and pocketbooks as much as humanly possible. He succeeds in ruining Danglars (one of his enemies) through a drawn out process entailing befriends him, opening credit for 6 million francs, then withdrawing the money just at the time Danglars needs it most (210-212). All in all, Dantes succeeds in his ploy of revenge with his determination, ingenuity and patience, all of which he learned in jail.