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The Count of Monte Cristo: read and explore
When sailor Edmond Dantès is falsely accused and imprisoned on his wedding day, he…
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- Alexandre Dumas
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Read The Count of Monte CristoPreview the language: Marseilles—The Arrival
On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the _Pharaon_ from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the …
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