description: A young sailor, Edmond Dantes, is unfairly imprisoned because his enemies are jealous of him. Torn away from the girl he wants to marry, he spends many bitter years in the grim island prison of the Chateau d'If. A fellow prisoner, the Abbe Faria, tells him the secret of the treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Now, if only he can escape from the fortress, he can become rich - and be revenged on the people who betrayed him all those years ago...The Count of Monte Cristo has been abridged and simplified by Beatrice Conway
language: English
title: The Count of Monte Cristo
titlecomplete: The Count of Monte Cristo
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Young Adult, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 3614
series: Dominoes Three
publisher: MacMillan Education Ltd