[HN Gopher] The Count of Monte Cristo is inspired by a real fram...
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       The Count of Monte Cristo is inspired by a real framing-revenge
       plot story
        
       Author : xz18r
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2021-07-13 19:53 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | pingou wrote:
       | The wikipedia article in french has a lot more information:
       | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...
        
       | estaseuropano wrote:
       | The source of this article is a single 1938 book. This does not
       | seem to pass the sniff test.
        
       | charlescearl wrote:
       | Most likely the count is based on the life of Alexandre Dumas
       | father General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. As told in The Black Count
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Count:_Glory,_Revo...,
       | Napoleon had conspired to have the elder Dumas arrested and
       | dishonored.
        
       | mensetmanusman wrote:
       | If you haven't read it, it is a very fun read. The main character
       | is like the original Batman.
        
         | vmilner wrote:
         | If reading it in English, seek out the modern Robin Buss
         | translation, e.g. in Penguin - it is far clearer (and
         | completere) than the older public domain version - and has
         | excellet footnotes.
        
       | canadianfella wrote:
       | Was it?
       | 
       | > The detailed description of Picaud's experiences in prison,
       | which could not have been known to Allut, were supposedly
       | dictated to him by the ghost of Father Torri
        
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