Does anybody know a fictional book about revenge (like The Count of Monte Cristo)?

Question

I liked the Count of Monte Cristo very much, and wonder if there are any books with similar idea (revenge). The books can be of any genre and period.

Answer 1

The Cask Of Amantillado - Edgar Allen Poe

Answer 2

sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra
it was also made into a movie starring brad pitt, robert deniro, kevin bacon, and jason patrick. The book is of course better, but the film is a pretty god adaption.

synopsis:

This is the true story of four young boys. Four lifelong friends. Intelligent, fun-loving, wise beyond their years, they are inseparable. Their potential is unlimited, but they are content to live within the closed world of New York City's Hell's Kitchen. And to play as many pranks as they can on the denizens of the street. They never get caught. And they know they never will. Until one disastrous summer afternoon. On that day, what begins as a harmless scheme goes horribly wrong. And the four find themselves facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. The oldest of them is fifteen, the youngest twelve. What happens to them over the course of that year - brutal beatings, unimaginable humiliation - will change their lives forever. Years later, one has become a lawyer. One a reporter. And two have grown up to be murderers, professional hitmen. For all of them, the pain and fear of Wilkinson still rages within. Only one thing can erase it. Revenge. To exact it, they will twist the legal system. Commandeer the courtroom for their agenda. Use the wiles they observed on the streets, the violence they learned at Wilkinson. If they get caught this time, they only have one thing left to lose: their lives

Answer 3

If you liked Count of Montecristo you'll defenitely like Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.I think its even better than Montecristo.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Mercedes Lackey's Take a Thief is the tale of Skif, a young orphan reminiscent of Oliver Twist, making his way in the knock-and-tumble neighborhood between two of Haven's outermost walls. Skif is intelligent, good-hearted and creative enough to forage up three meals a day in a place where food is scarce and kindness almost unheard of. After a chain of events leave him homeless, Skif lands in the lair of Bazie, an Faginish ex-mercenary who trains thieves...until he is "Chosen" by one of Valdemar's magical horses and becomes a Herald serving the Queen.

Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour.Its a western.A young boy is abandoned by his own mother(she tells her boyfriend to kill him)The boy ends up with a gambler and he brings him up.Turns out to be the best gamble he ever made.The boy grows up and later kills the people who murdered the gambler.The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway are also good books by the same author.

Answer 4

Medea, by Euripedes. Sorry, I know it's sooo old fashioned, but it's what my English class is studying now, so that was just off the top of my head.

I have to agree, The Cask of Amontillado was a good revenge story. Poe was such a great writer.

The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum was pretty good. Action-packed and absorbing. I just finished reading it.

The Furies was a great graphic book. (Its length is something between a comic book and a graphic novel) It's kind of related to Neil Gaiman's series, The Sandman.

Answer 5

The Legend of the Wandering King by Laura Gallego Garcia is a great novel about revenge set thousands of years ago in Arabia.

Here's my brief review:

THE LEGEND OF THE WANDERING KING by Laura Gallego Garcia and translated into English by Dan Bellm is simply one of the best books that I've read this year. Set in pre-Islamic Arabia (5th to 6th century C.E.) it follows the adventure quest and life journey of a young Arabian prince, Walid ibn Hujr. Walid has always dreamed of being great-great man, great poet, great ruler-yet when he lets human emotions (particularly jealousy, fear, and revenge) reign over him, embittering him, he realizes that he is anything but great. And then comes a remarkable chance to redeem himself: a magic carpet has been stolen...there begins Walid's lifelong quest to find and return the carpet to its rightful owner...no matter what it costs him.

THE LEGEND OF THE WANDERING KING reads like a fairy tale; it is a tale of mythological proportions.

Answer 6

Kane And Able-by Sir Jeffry Archer

Answer 7

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Answer 8

"The Princess Bride" by William Goldman has a bit of revenge in it. Inigo Montoya wants revenge on the man with 6 fingers on one hand who killed Inigo's father. And it was a book before a movie with that great quote from Inigo for his father's murderer, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die."

Answer 9

burgerwuss. its a kids book but its hilarious.