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According to the Syndicat des libraires, sales<\/strong><\/b> of Alexandre Dumas’ masterpiece increased fourfold between June and July 2024<\/strong><\/b>, compared with the previous year. According to Blanche Cerquiglini, publisher and head of the Folio classique collections, Gallimard expects sales to increase tenfold during the film’s theatrical run.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But beyond the film’s success in theaters, what explains the attraction of this story, which is much darker than that of The Three Musketeers<\/strong><\/b>? And what if the key was to be found in its hero, or rather its anti-hero, Edmond Dant\u00e8s, prototype of the superheroes<\/strong><\/b> that Marvel and DC Comics would later spawn?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The figure of the Count of Monte Cristo resonates with key themes in<\/strong><\/b> today’s public debate<\/strong><\/b>, such as distrust of the elite and justice in particular<\/strong><\/b>, the fascinating and corruptible power of money<\/strong><\/b>, the definition of friendship<\/strong><\/b>, the fight for equality and against injustice<\/strong><\/b>, or even more luminously, the quest for happiness and the compelling need for self-fulfillment<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For thebook, published in the summer of 1844<\/strong><\/b>, begins<\/strong><\/b> where Walt Disney and company prefer to end their stories: with a happy ending<\/strong><\/b>. Edmond Dant\u00e8s<\/strong><\/b>, first mate on the ship Le Pharaon, has a brilliant future ahead of him, both professionally<\/strong><\/b> (he’s just been promoted to captain) and romantically<\/strong><\/b>. Not to mention the fact that, in addition to true love (with Mercedes Herrera), Edmond Dant\u00e8s has three very good friends<\/strong><\/b> (Danglars, Fernand Mondego and Gaspard Caderousse)… or so he thinks<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\nA timeless injustice<\/h2>\n
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