The Count of Monte Cristo

Author(s): Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas

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A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Ch teau d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s, Dumas was inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment when writing his epic tale of suffering and retribution.


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'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.'The Guardian

"The greatest of escape stories" Guardian "What makes The Count Of Monte Cristo such a superior story is that revenge is not the only emotion driving the plot... it is an almost perfect story - also in the mix are love, friendship, jealousy, faith, education, snobbery and class" Sunday Express "The Count of Monte Cristo sustained my sanity and my life. It is a beautiful book. Incarceration coupled with interrogation can play cruel tricks on the mind and many are driven to suicide.The book taught me to hope when I was living at my mental limits" -- Zhuang Zedong, former world table tennis champion and the greatest sportsman in China's history The Times "One of the most romantic of all novels" Mail on Sunday "The Napoleon of story-tellers" Washington Post

Alexandre Dumas was born on 24 July 1802 in Villers-Cotterets near Paris.His father, who was the son of a French marquis and a former slave, died when Alexandre was three years old. He was brought up by his mother and later moved to Paris to work as a clerk. He wrote plays, travel books, children's stories and memoirs as well as novels and was a keen traveller and cook. His most famous works are The Three Musketeers (1844) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-5). Alexandre Dumas died on 5 December 1870.

General Fields

  • : 9780099518945
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.846
  • : May 2009
  • : 211mm X 132mm X 55mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas
  • : Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas
  • : FC
  • : FC
  • : 1472
  • : 1472
  • : 843/.7
  • : 843/.7
  • : English
  • : English
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback