num_pages: 1462
description: Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.Robin Buss’s lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas’s original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.
language: English
title: The Count of Monte Cristo
titlecomplete: The Count of Monte Cristo
characters: Baron Danglars, Albert de Morcerf, Haydée, Giovanni Bertuccio, Gaspar Kadrus, Gérard de Villefort, Héloïse de Villefort, Vassiliki Kontaxi, Eugénie Danglars, Noirtier de Villefort, Pierre Morrel, Fernand Mondego, Valentine de Villefort, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Franz d'Épinay, Abbé Faria, Edmond Dantès, Mercédès Mondego, Benedetto, Luigi Vampa, Hermine Danglars, Maximilien Morrel
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, Adventure, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 889337
places: Paris, Marseille, France
publisher: Random House Publishing Group