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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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Main Author: Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Modern Library, 2005.
Edition:Modern Library mass market pbk. ed.
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France > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Pirates > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Epic fiction.
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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.
Item Description:"Unabridged edition"--Cover.
Physical Description:xix, 1462, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN:9789358566055
9358566051
0345483545
Author Notes:Alexandre Dumas was born in July 1802, in Villers-Cotterêt, Aisne, France, as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie. He is one of the most well-known French playwrights and novelists, best remembered for the Count of Monte Cristo and the Three Musketeers. the Count of Monte Cristo, completed in 1844, was originally serialized in eighteen parts in the Journal des Débats.Dumas was a prolific writer who penned numerous essays, short stories, serialized novels and plays. His literary career began after he started working for Louis Philippe, the Duke of Orléans. He made his own literary debut at the stage at Comédie-Française with plays like Henry III and His Court (1829), Byronic Antony (1831), the Tower of Nesle (1832) and Kean (1836).Alexandre Dumas died in December 1870, at Puys, near Dieppe, France. He was buried in the cemetery in Villers-Cotterêt. in the year 2002, however, his remains were shifted to the Pantheon in Paris where he now rests with other French luminaries like Victor Hugo, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire and Émile Zola.

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