... of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas and The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, the protagonists take journeys through time and show how life can change for the better or the worst. In The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes begins as a well-off sailor of the Pharaon. His well-being simply couldn't be better. He has a fair amount of money, a beautiful fiancée, and a caring, loving father awaiting ... blinked at him and waited in silence for what he would do. Then some satisfaction he had longed for all his days without knowing it swelled up in his heart and he smote the table with his hand and...

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