Setting
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo: Setting 1 key example

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Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

The Count of Monte Cristo is set in 19th century France, in the context of the political upheaval surrounding Napoleon's fall from power in 1814 and the subsequent restoration of the monarchy in which the House of Bourbon returned to power.