num_pages: 1276
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: Giovanni Bertuccio, Baron Danglars, Mercédès Mondego, Benedetto, Vassiliki Kontaxi, Eugénie Danglars, Gérard de Villefort, Luigi Vampa, Abbé Faria, Maximilien Morrel, Gaspar Kadrus, Fernand Mondego, Valentine de Villefort, Edmond Dantès, Noirtier de Villefort, Franz d'Épinay, Haydée, Albert de Morcerf, Pierre Morrel, Hermine Danglars, Héloïse de Villefort, Ali Pasha of Ioannina
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Romance, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 889306
places: Paris, Marseille, France
publisher: Penguin Classics