The Count of Monte Cristo
- Hardcover
1240 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2009
Summary
This extraordinary tale, set against the dramatic upheavals of the years after Napoleon, is more than an adventure story. It is an epic of justice, retribution and self-discovery matched only by Les Miserables in the France of its time.
On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dantes, master mariner, is arrested in Marseille on trumped-up charges and spirited away to the cellars of the Chateau d’If, an impregnable sea fortress in which he is imprisoned indefinitely. Escaping from the chateau…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841593203 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841593206 |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas, Umberto Eco |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1240 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 1.06kg |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 136mm x 55mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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“A piece of perfect storytelling.” –Robert Louis Stevenson
“From the Trade Paperback edition.”
About The Author
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a French playwright, historian and prolific novelist, penning a string of successful books including The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1845), and Twenty Years After (1845). His novels have been translated into a hundred different languages and inspired over two hundred films. In his day Dumas was as famous for his financial irresponsibility and flamboyant lifestyle as for his writing. Dumas died in 1870.
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