A novel I read when I was a child. It seems to be by Dumas Jr., or a writer of his time.

The story was about a girl who married an earl, but the earl didn't treat her well. The Earl only wanted her to keep giving birth. The girl knew that the Earl was jealous of her because she would immediately become the focus of everyone wherever she appeared. The girl couldn't take it anymore. One day, she pointed a gun at the earl and told him all the hatred in her heart. She also told the earl that one of the children was not the earl's biological child. This was her revenge on the earl. The Earl was very depressed and ran away from home. Three years later, the Earl returned and realized that he still loved his wife and family deeply. At this moment, the girl also told the Earl that she had lied to him about the illegitimate child.
It's not The Count of Mount Cristo, nor La Traviata, nor Wuthering Heights.

Answer 1

Dumas Jr. was famous in France. His works included The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years Later, Madame Bovary, and so on. At the same time, Balzac was also famous in France. His works included Eugenie Grandet and Pérot Goriot.