THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

“Wait and Hope” and “Free Edmond Dantès” Buttons

Two 1.25” buttons; one with the quote Wait and Hope, and one with the slogan Free Edmond Dantès.

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. (père).

Edmond Dantès, a nineteen-year-old Frenchman, is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a grim island fortress off Marseille. A fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, inspires his escape and guides him to a fortune in treasure. As the powerful and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo (Italy), he arrives from the Orient to enter the fashionable Parisian world of the 1830s and avenge himself on the men who conspired to destroy him.

Edmond is one of literature’s most famous imprisoned characters. One of the many quotable passages from the novel is “… all human wisdom is contained in these two words,—‘Wait and hope.’”

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Pin back on each button.  US penny for scale. Penny and ruler NOT included in price of button/magnet. 1.25 inches = 3.175 cm.