Revenge is a TV series created by Mike Kelley in 2011 and inspired by the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, first published in 1844. The TV series features Emily Vancamp, Madeleine Stowe, Gabriel Mann, Henry Czerny, Ashley Madekwe, Nick Wechsler, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
The series follows the story of Emily Thorne, a young woman who comes to the Hamptons, a wealthy and powerful summer community, to seek revenge on the people who destroyed her family. Using a false identity, Emily sets out to manipulate and destroy those who wronged her father and caused her to be separated from him.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
44
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1844
Pages
1138
Book Rate
8.52
S: Goodreads
Book
The Count of Monte Cristo
Original title: Le comte de Monte-Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Country: France
First published in: 1844
Length: 1138 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by David Greene
TV Mini-Series by Josée Dayan
Movie by Kevin Reynolds
TV Series by Lidia Fraga, Jacobo Díaz
Movie by Daniel Nunez, Lazaro Nunez
Movie by Kirk Langer
User polls & recommendations
“When I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'”
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenwriter)
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