The Count of Monte Cristo
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 thr...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English French |
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London, England ; New York, N.Y. :
Penguin Books,
c2003.
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| Series: | Penguin classics
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| 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 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxviii, 1276 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0140449264 : PAP |
| Author Notes: | 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). |
