The Count of Monte Cristo
by Robin Buss and Alexandre Dumas | May 27, 2003 | Literature & Fiction
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
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 he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure...
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
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 he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it 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.
Robin Buss’s lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas’s original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.
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More details for The Count of Monte Cristo
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ISBN #
0140449264
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Page count
1,276 pages
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Publication Date
May 27, 2003
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Publisher
Penguin Classics
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Category
Fiction
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Genre
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Amazon Star Rating
4.7
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Amazon Ratings Count
3,595 ratings
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Amazon Last Rating Data Date
September 9, 2021
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