Résumé
Résumé de La Fille de Monte-Cristo
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
For readers who love Victorian adventure, melodrama and sequels to well-loved stories, especially Dumas, with travel, secrets, rivalry in love and the shadow of a great fortune.
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Monte-Cristo's Daughter is a nineteenth century adventure novel by Edmund Flagg, an American writer and journalist. It belongs to the family of tales that grew up around The Count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the French novel of revenge, hidden wealth and disguise that readers did not want to leave behind.
Books of this kind take a famous hero and look at what he leaves to the next generation. You can expect travel, secrets, rivalry in love and the long shadow of a great fortune. The first thing to grasp is the setting such a story draws on, the world that Dumas made popular.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A sequel born of a famous heroFree
- 2The shadow of a great fortune
- 3Love and betrayal in the popular novel
- 4How to read an old adventure romance
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A sequel born of a famous hero
Edmund Flagg wrote in a time when serial fiction and popular romance were read eagerly on both sides of the Atlantic. The Count of Monte-Cristo had made its hero a household name, and other writers soon built stories around his legend.
A tale titled Monte-Cristo's Daughter promises to carry that legend forward. The title itself tells you the reader is meant to ask what such a father would pass on to a child, whether wealth, wisdom or burdens.
For a modern reader, it helps to know this background. The book is part of a long habit of continuing beloved stories, much as films and series do today.
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Questions about La Fille de Monte-Cristo
Who wrote Monte-Cristo's Daughter?
The book was written by Edmund Flagg, an American author and journalist of the nineteenth century, who died in 1890. He wrote fiction, poetry and travel writing.
Is Monte-Cristo's Daughter a sequel to The Count of Monte-Cristo?
It draws on the legend made by Alexandre Dumas and carries it forward through the title character. It is by a different author, so it is best seen as a follow-on romance inspired by Dumas.
What kind of book is Monte-Cristo's Daughter?
It is a nineteenth century adventure romance, the type of popular fiction that mixes love, rivalry, secrets and fortune. Readers should expect dramatic events.
Do I need to read The Count of Monte-Cristo first?
It helps, because the book builds on that earlier story and its hero. Knowing Dumas gives you the background of wealth, disguise and revenge that the title calls to mind.
What themes does Monte-Cristo's Daughter deal with?
The book deals with love, betrayal and legacy. These are common themes in romances of the period, where inheritance, loyalty and the past shape the choices of the characters.