The Count of Monte Cristo

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The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western Civilizations literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Micky Mouse, Noahs flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood. -Luc Sante

A piece of perfect storytelling.-Robert Louis Stevenson

With Alexandre Dumass epic novel of intrigue and adventure, The Count of Monte Cristo has thrilled readers for centuries with its sweeping themes of alienation, love, and revenge. With its intricate plot and evocative settings in France and the Mediterranean, this book is one of the most beloved classics ever written.

In this quintessential tale of vengeance set in the Napoleonic era, Edmond Dants, a young French sailor, is engaged to marry Mercds, a young and beautiful Catalan woman. In a terrible act of jealously, three men betray Edmond, and he is wrongfully convicted of treason. He is sent to the infamous Chteau d'If, one of the most feared prisons of France. After a daring escape from imprisonment, Dants hunts in search of a treasure that he has learned of from a fellow inmate. Once in possession of his vast fortune, he returns to Paris as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo to wreck revenge on the three men who have betrayed him. Dumass tale simmers with intrigue and excitement and remains one of the great classics of our time.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is both modern and readable.

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), one of the most universally read French authors, is best known for his extravagantly adventurous historical novels. As a young man, Dumas emerged as a successful playwright and had considerable involvement in the Parisian theater scene. It was his swashbuckling historical novels that brought worldwide fame to Dumas. Among his most loved works are The Three Musketeers (1844), and The Count of Monte Cristo (1846). He wrote more than 250 books, both Fiction and Non-Fiction, during his lifetime.