The Count of Monte Cristo - Softcover

Dumas, Alexandre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000727520X ISBN 13: 9780007275205

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by ‘the Napoleon of storytellers’.

Falsley accused of treason, Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding night and imprisoned in the grim island fortress of Chateau d’If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabuouls treasure on the island of Monte Cristo and uses it to exact revenge on those responsible for his incarcaration.
The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas’ novels present a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero’s ultimate doscomfort with the hubristic implications of his own actions. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantes, believing himself to be an Angel of Providence, pursuing his vengeance to the bitter end before realising that he himself is a victim of fate.

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Review:

‘Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.’
The Guardian

‘The Napoleon of story-tellers.’
The Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 000727520X
• ISBN 13: 9780007275205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1280