The Count of Monte Cristo

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Imagine yourself being a young budding sailor in the beginning of the nineteenth century. Since your birth you've been dwelling in the oldest town of France, Marcellies. Your future seems more than auspicious, and despite the fact that you are merely nineteen years of age, you were already granted a promotion to become the captain in just a few months. Furthermore, you are in mutual love with a young Corsican and await to marry her in the nearest future. What could go wrong?
Well, on the very day of your wedding, you get arrested for being a Bonapartist. Everybody is utterly startled, for your innocence is clear as day. Why would anyone make such calumnious accusations? You do not have any foes, do you? Nevertheless, omitting any trials or explanations, you are being thrown into the most dreaded prison of France, Château d'If. You, not even acquainted with your supposed crimes, are put into a solitary cell intended for despicable criminals. Having spent there the most vigourous 14 years of your life and acquired an abnormally enormous fortune, you vow to avenge yourself. It would not satiate you to just dispatch the perpetrators, for what you have suffered exceeds that punishment immensly. Instead, you crave to annihilate everything they love so that they could feel at least the resemblance of your anguish.
This novel consists of more than 1300 paper pages and delves into topics like revenge, justice, love and redemption. Do not get intimidated by its size, for if you like the first 100 pages, you will absolutely adore the rest. Yesterday, after two and a half months of irregular perusal, I finally finished this doorstop. Needless to stay, I gave it five stars! The plot itself is quite intricate but engrossing, and the writing style is just fascinating. I have read it in English, so several hundred of new literary words are a pretty bonus.

Hey, here I am aiming for a more formal/literary stile. Thanks in advance!