
Alexandre DumasBook Review
The Count of Monte Cristo: Revenge as a Life Philosophy, and What It Costs
Alexandre Dumas wrote the greatest revenge novel in the history of literature. He also wrote, buried inside it, the most honest critique of revenge as a life philosophy that fiction has produced. The Count of Monte Cristo is not a celebration of what Edmond Dantès becomes. It is a reckoning with it.
SSon·Nov 6, 2025·11 min read