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: Count of Monte Cristo
titlecomplete: Count of Monte Cristo
characters: Haydée, Vassiliki Kontaxi, Edmond Dantès, Abbé Faria, Gérard de Villefort, Noirtier de Villefort, Fernand Mondego, Luigi Vampa, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Valentine de Villefort, Gaspar Kadrus, Albert de Morcerf, Mercédès Mondego, Pierre Morrel, Giovanni Bertuccio, Franz d'Épinay, Baron Danglars, Maximilien Morrel, Eugénie Danglars, Hermine Danglars, Benedetto, Héloïse de Villefort
genres: Novels, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, France, Classics, Historical, Adventure, Romance, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 889677
places: Marseille, Paris, France
publisher: Bookcassette