The Count of Monte Cristo
Language: English
19th century 19th century fiction Action & Adventure Adventure stories Classic fiction Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Classics Criticism False arrest False imprisonment Fiction France France - History - 19th century General General & Literary Fiction Historical Historical fiction History Literary Literature - Classics Literature: Classics Literature: Texts Napoleonic Wars; 1800-1815 Pirates Revenge Sailors
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Aug 15, 2003
Description:
SUMMARY: Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes 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.