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The Treasure of Monte Cristo

(1) Have you heard / Were you hearing of the French writer Alexandre Dumas? i (2) has read 've read The Three Musketeers', and now I'm reading "The Treasure of Monte Cristo'. It's a great story. It's about a man called Edmond Dantès who goes to prison for a crime which he (3) wasn't committing / didn't commit. Before he went to prison, Dantès was a good man, with a beautiful fiancée called Mercédès. But when he finally managed to escape from prison, he (4) has wanted / wanted to take revenge on his enemies. So, how (5) was he escaping / did he escape? Well, (6) when / while he was doing his time in prison, Dantès (7) was meeting met an old priest called Abbé Faria. They became good friends, and one day Abbe Faria said: 'If you ever escape from here, go and find my fortune. I (8) was hiding /'ve hidden it on the island of Monte Cristo. Keep it - it's yours!' Later, Dantès escaped and he (9) found / was finding the treasure. Then he (10) went has gone to find the men who sent him to prison, and to look for Mercédès.

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