The Count of Monte Cristo

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Penguin UK, Mar 27, 2003 - Fiction - 1312 pages

The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translation

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès 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 use the treasure 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.

Translated with an Introduction by ROBIN BUSS

 

Selected pages

Contents

FATHER AND
LES CATALANS
more to be said It was Captain Leclère who ordered him to
THE PLOT
THE BETROTHAL
THE DEPUTY CROWN PROSECUTOR
THE INTERROGATION
THE CHÂTEAU DIF IX THE EVENING OF THE BETROTHAL
THE LITTLE CABINET IN THE TUILERIES
THE CORSICAN OGRE
FATHER AND
Dantès
entrusted him with a letter
Ferrajo
letter he will give it to me
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2003)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Count of Monte Cristo
Penguin classics
AuthorAlexandre Dumas
Translated byRobin Buss
ContributorRobin Buss
PublisherPenguin UK, 2003
ISBN014190125X, 9780141901251
Length1312 pages
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Fiction / Classics
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