Count of Monte Cristo

"Began to read ''Monte Cristo'' at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night." —William Makepeace Thackeray"Alexandre Dumas is more than French, he is European; he''s more than European, he is universal." —Victor Hugo"No novelist since Dumas has been more irreverent of the conventions of well-made fiction or any more determined to tell stories without identifiable centers." —Terrence ...