num_pages: 531
description: Abridged by Lowell Blair.Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic  era, Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure story  is one of the most widely read romantic novels of  all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond  Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown  into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'If -- doomed  to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story  of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his  miraculous escape, and his carefully wrought  revenge creates a dramatic tale of mystery and intrigue  and paints a vision of France -- a dazzling,  dueling, exuberant France -- that has become immortal.  
language: English
title: The Count of Monte Cristo
titlecomplete: The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics)
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: 889333
places: Paris, Marseille, France
publisher: Bantam Classics