After a few days of restlessness, the semi-monthly publication of "Norton Nights" was finally published in Norton, the capital of the kingdom, and within a day the name of "The Count of Monte Cristo" spread from the capital Norton to the whole country.

The Count of Monte Cristo?

Readers who simply read the title of the book will probably think that this is a historical biography of a great man, but they can't find relevant information, as if it is a novel that appeared out of thin air.

When readers who read "Norton Nights" tried to find the shadow of "The Count of Monte Cristo", they were told by all Norton bookstores that there was no book for sale.

How ridiculous is that a non-existent novel has made it to the front page of Norton Nights!

Readers are amazed that The Count of Monte Cristo is not without a trace, and the founder of Norton Nights, Count Devon Henrietta, has spoken highly of it, even calling it an unprecedented innovation in the history of the Barron Kingdom's novels, and the cover of The Count of Monte Cristo has been specially printed on the front page, so it is impossible to spend so much effort to fake a non-existent work.

The literary scene in Norton, the capital, has been in turmoil for days, with many writers searching for a novel that seems to have never existed.

When people couldn't help but question whether "The Count of Monte Cristo" really existed, a well-known literary collector, Golde Smedley, finally claimed to have found the book, which had only been published in small quantities in the city of Elroy, which was not well-known in the kingdom, or whether he had finally found it after many inquiries.

The main concern was, of course, whether The Count of Monte Cristo deserved the praise of Norton Nights, which represented the literary publications of the Kingdom of Barron, and the literary collector promised that he would give an answer the next day, but the next day the newspaper he named published his evaluation of The Count of Monte Cristo, and people were again puzzled.

The newspaper did not give up this opportunity, and they were helpless, and when they came to the door of Golde Smedley's house, they only got a response that they had to wait another day, and simply wrote in the original reserved place of the newspaper: "The birth of a great work? Mr. Golder Smedley, who is confused, will announce the answer in a day's time. ”

Norton's literary world waited anxiously for another day before Golde Smedley finally came forward to publish his review of The Count of Monte Cristo, and that morning the newspaper that published Gold's review was snapped up by a frenzied populace in less than an hour.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, gentlemen and ladies, I did finish reading The Count of Monte Cristo the day before, but never before has a novel made me so hesitant and confused. I did not hesitate whether The Count of Monte Cristo deserved such praise as "Norton Nights", the question naturally dispelled when I finished reading the novel, and I was using my humble knowledge to find the words to praise it.

It was very peculiar and fascinated me, but when I wanted to explore it, I fell headlong into a thick fog, and I was convinced that I had come to a whole new world, a new field of literature, and I saw in The Count of Monte Cristo a completely different kind of ism and ideas than the mainstream literary genre today.

I'm sighing, oh! What a great innovation! What a peculiar work! Yes, I do describe a contemporary work as great, and as Count Diven Henrietta commented, the character of the work is so distinct that it does not even take time to leave its mark on the history of the literature of the kingdom.

I cannot understand why such a work is published in small quantities in the city of Elroy, and thanks to Count Devon Henrietta who found it, I should be glad that Count Devon Henrietta did not let me miss out on this excellent work, and did not let the literary world of the kingdom miss out on this great work.

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—Gold Smedley. ”

Golde Smedley's overflowing praise adds to the mystery of The Count of Monte Cristo, and many readers have rushed to the city of Elroy with great curiosity to find this "non-existent" novel and see it for real.

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The sudden appearance of "The Count of Monte Cristo" on "Norton Night" not only caused a storm in Norton, but also the calm literary scene of the city of Elroy was like a bombshell, blowing everyone up, and although readers who saw "The Count of Monte Cristo" were surprised, most of them thought that "The Count of Monte Cristo" could be on the front page of "Norton Nights" for granted.

Leonard didn't even have time to react to how "The Count of Monte Cristo" suddenly appeared in "Norton Nights" in the city of Elroy, or that Count Devon Henrietta himself wrote the review.

A few days after The Count of Monte Cristo appeared in Norton's Nights, when the literary collector Golde Smedley's comments caused another sensation in Norton, Norton's literary newspaper published another bulletin with the headline: "A great work born in the mud." ”

Why is such a good novel only published in small quantities in the city of El Roy? So much so that Norton's readers had to go to the city of Elroy to find traces of the novel, and this announcement perfectly explains why, a large publishing house in the city completely abandoned respect for literature for the sake of social interests, and not only that, but also banned The Count of Monte Cristo in its entirety, insulting the author himself.

The announcement recorded all the events, and as soon as the announcement came out, "The Count of Monte Cristo" was once again pushed to the peak of public opinion, and Norton's literary scene set off a wave of criticism of similar things, in addition to the Count of Devon Henrietta, and even some royals who liked literature participated, pointing the finger at a city's publishing house.

The name of Leonard's publishing house finally broke through the city of Elroy in another sense, and was well known to Norton, the capital of the kingdom...

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"Leonard Press, it's over, Leonards, it's over."

Duke Leonard, the head of the Leonard family, let out a long sigh as he looked at the newspaper in his hand, and his face aged dozens of years in an instant.

"Father..." Belloc Leonard stood in front of him speechless, the Leonard family is now nationally famous, but it has brought a devastating blow. As soon as the newspaper came out, the Leonard family was directly kicked out of the social world, and all the businessmen who had a relationship with or cooperated with Leonard Publishing House terminated their contracts, and the existence that once covered the sky at the Elroy City Publishing House fell apart within a day.

Duke's eyes became cloudy, leaning on the sofa and smiling bitterly: "My son, I don't blame you, but although I may have different ideas, I will choose the same." The question is whether you have learned from this incident, I never think that my choice is 100% correct, and this incident may change your impression of the novel, of the writer, and it is your arrogance that will lead us to the most embarrassing end. ”

Belloc replied bitterly like a deflated ball: "I understand." ”

Although he made the wrong choice, he once had a chance to make amends but was ruined by his arrogance, and now he eats all the bitter fruits he has planted.

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In addition to the culprit Leonard Press, the author of "Wild Rose", the second son of the head of the Elroy family, and the famous son of the social world, Kathy Elroy, was implicated in this scandal.

The report exposed the real name of Alexander, the real author of "The Count of Monte Cristo", Harvey Adrian, and the author of "Wild Rose" is the same, although "Wild Rose" has never shown anything, this barely good work won the Leonard Award and completely squeezed "The Count of Monte Cristo", there must be an unknown inside story in it.

In less than a day, the Elroy family gave an explanation, putting all the blame on Leonard Press, stating that Leonard Press unilaterally allowed "Wild Rose" to win the award, and Cathy preferred to be reviewed fairly.

Not only did Kathy Elroy, the author of "Wild Rose", come forward to explain, as the most powerful person in the city of Elroy, the Count of Elroy jointly stood up and issued an apology announcement, praising "The Count of Monte Cristo" as a great work, apologizing for the unfair treatment of Harvey Adrian, and sending someone to apologize.

This caused a strong earthquake in the social circles of Elroy City, Count Elroy was equivalent to the Emperor of Elroy City, this matter could not be ripped on him, and he had never done anything like it before, which was too humble for his status.

People are confused, and can only put the reason that "The Count of Monte Cristo" is so good that even the Count of Elroy is moved by it, and it has become a good story in the social world.

Seeing this statement, Harvey knew the attitude of Count Elroy, and it was clear that the Elroy family was unwilling to offend a powerful spellcaster, and this apology was a subtle apology for the attack.