
The Count of Monte Cristo
By: Alexandre Dumas;
Language: English
Quality: Good
Genre: Action and adventure, Classics, Historical fiction, Romance,
ISBN: 9781582791869
SKU: BE500326919869
Pages: 996
Description: NOTE: MINOR BROWNING OF PAGES DUE TO AGE.INSIDE CONDITION IS GOOD./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.