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The few pages which are herewidth appended to "The Count of Monte-Cristo" relate the story on which Dumas' admirable romance was founded.

It was well said by the editor of the latest complete French edition of the book: "To give a striking reality to a marvelous composition, to establish the truth of it facts, and to show that its dramatic scenes had witnesses is to double the interest of the work."