num_pages: 696
description: The Count of Monte Cristo is the ultimate novel of retribution. Based on a true story, it recounts the story of Edouard Dantès, his betrayal, and imprisonment in the sinister Chateau d’If. Years later, Paris is intrigued by the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who bursts onto the Paris social scene with his millions. He encounters the three principal betrayers of Dantès who have prospered in the post-Napoleonic boom and, one by one, their lives fall apart. The book was a huge, popular success when it was first serialized in 1844, and remains the greatest tale of revenge.
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: 889440
places: Paris, Marseille, France
publisher: CRW Publishing Limited, Barnes & Noble Books