num_pages: 513
description: The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape, and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas' novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions.
language: English
title: The Count of Monte Cristo
titlecomplete: The Count of Monte Cristo
characters: Valentine de Villefort, Eugénie Danglars, Maximilien Morrel, Hermine Danglars, Gaspar Kadrus, Pierre Morrel, Haydée, Abbé Faria, Fernand Mondego, Vassiliki Kontaxi, Edmond Dantès, Giovanni Bertuccio, Noirtier de Villefort, Benedetto, Mercédès Mondego, Franz d'Épinay, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Gérard de Villefort, Baron Danglars, Albert de Morcerf, Luigi Vampa, Héloïse de Villefort
genres: Fiction, Classics, France, Historical, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 889402
places: Paris, Marseille, France
publisher: Barnes & Noble