The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas,  Robin Buss

"This is an odd coincidence," Monte Christo said, as if giving way to his own thought, "that you should find yourself like this, by chance, with no prior knowledge, in a house which was the scene of an event that causes you such terrible remorse."

 

Methinks there aren´t any coincidences in this book ;).

 

Honestly, I shouldn´t enjoy this book as much as I do, considering the not so pleasant subject matter of

 

taking revenge on and destroying the life of a bunch of people.

(show spoiler)

 

But I do, I really, really do. The tangents Dumas are going off on everyone now and then, but which ultimately turn out to be important for the overall plot further on in the narrative, are fantastic.