Interest level, reading level, reading az, atos, word count. Dantes slips through the guards fingers, finds the treasure which makes him as rich as a country, and calls himself the count of monte cristo to conceal his true. So my son who is tried to read this book for fun on my recommendation because i. It is one of the authors more popular works, along with the three musketeers. This book is abridged and illustrated, and the story is right about at the fourth grade reading level.
The classic tale of adventure and revenge by alexandre dumas retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. The story takes place in france, italy, islands in the mediterranean and the levant. I would suggest it was suitable for fifteen years and older, and that younger. The count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas scholastic. Is the count of monte cristo really considered a childrens book. Full text of university musical encyclopedia see other formats. This is most assuredly not a childrens book, although some of us read it at a tender age, and.
It is one of the authors most popular works, along with the three musketeers. I am a little over half way through the book and so far havent found anything too racy. What gives the count of monte cristo its life, however, are the times in which it is set the revolution, the napoleonic era, the first and second restoration, and the revolution of 1830. The count of monte cristo is an adventure novel by french author alexandre dumas pere completed in 1844. The story is built so that we see not only the difficulties that they have to overcome every day in the process of training, but also get acquainted with their past, getting to know everyone. Does it have anything to do with the larger story in the chronicles of narnia. He meets up with pirates and ultimately finds the treasure, enabling him to return in a new persona, the count of monte cristo, where he will prove that revenge is a dish that is best eaten cold. The count of monte cristo begins just before the hundred days period when napoleon returned to power after his exile. So that a part of the past shall endure beyond the present. Sexnudity 4 a man and woman swim in the nude we see their silhouettes from below and under the water and we then see them lying on the beach kissing. Athos is tragically addicted to drink but also wise, porthos is good humoured and. The count of monte cristo at usborne childrens books. As any parents dealing with this agerange issue knows, its mighty hard ot do this. The count of monte cristo childrens books wiki fandom.
Holly rootgutteridge, has read count of monte cristo and musketeers series. He was coming home on the ship pharaon after a somewhat misfortunate voyage. Each of the recruits has their own reasons for coming to the secret service. However there is a chapter where the count provides a companion, franz with an hallucinogenic drug and he has a questionable dream about 3 female statues. The count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas has it all. He got too bogged down in the wordiness of it i had forgotten how. The most famous alexandre dumas book, and one of the best, is the three. Plot summary in 1815 france, 19yearold edmond dantes is returning to the port city of marseilles on the pharaon. Monte cristo releases information to the press that proves that morcerf is a traitor, and morcerf is ruined socially. Safety guidelines to keep you informed and help you choose products that are safe and age appropriate, weve. He tells dantes how to escape and gives him the location of a great treasure. The captain had died, and, according to his dying requests, edmond was.
These flaws result in the diminishing of a great story to a barely tolerable, diluted one. Lifeanddeath politics motivates many of the characters and keeps the plot moving. But monte cristo, in contrast, recognizes all of his enemies all now wealthy and influential men. The action carries one along, but when i read it at a young age, i looked up and.