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TIL from 1844 to 1846, The Count of Monte Cristo was first published as a serial. Alexander Dumas dribbled out revenge plots, identity reveals, crazy twists and long-lost connections over dozens of chapters—each ending in a cliffhanger that kept 19th-century readers on edge week after week.

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