The Count of Monte Cristo
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Publishing Details
The Count of Monte Cristo
By (Author) Alexandre Dumas
Introduction by Robin Buss
Translated by Robin Buss
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
21st July 2003
27th March 2003
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
843.7
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Physical Properties
Paperback
1312
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 56mm
892g
Description
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 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.
Author Bio
Alexandre Dumas (1824-95) was a pioneer of the Romantic theatre in France, for which he wrote a series of colourful historical dramas, although it is as a novelist that he is best known today. His works include The Three Musketeers (1844-5), La Reine Margot (1845). Robin Buss is a journalist and translator.
