The Count of Monte Cristo
By: Alexandre Dumas ; retold by Karen Holmes
Contributors: Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
Edition: New ed.
Series: Penguin readers. Level 3; Penguin readers
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Harlow, Essex, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780582427013; 9780582448438
Subjects: Pirates; Readers; Textbooks for foreign speakers; Juvenile fiction; English language; Fiction; High interest-low vocabulary books; Adventures and adventurers; Adventure stories; History
Work titles: Comte de Monte-Cristo
Description: Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he meets a man who tells him about some treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Will Edmond escape from prison and find the treasure? And will he see Mercedes again? -- from p. 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: The ship comes home; title: Father and son; title: Mercedes; title: The judge; title: The prision; title: Underground; title: Number 27; title: Faria's room; title: The story of the treasure; title: The death of Faria; title: The grave of the Chateau d'If; title: The "Young Amelia"; title: Monte Cristo; title: Treasure; title: At Marseilles.