View The Story Of The Count Of Monte Cristo Background. Setting (place) though most of the action takes place in paris, key scenes are also set in marseilles, rome major conflict unjustly imprisoned, dantès's seeks to punish those responsible for his incarceration; Franz and albert join the count of monte cristo for breakfast and then an execution.
The story begins in 1815 and ends in 1844.
Most will derive their idea of the novel, not from having read it, but because a kind of abstract of the storyline exists as part of the common culture: The classic story of an innocent man wrongly, but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him. The mute servant is an adventure story classic (zorro had one), and the count of monte cristo's. Read about how the count of monte cristo was adapted for radio 4.