The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss, Robin Buss

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21 July 2003

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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 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.

By: Alexandre Dumas
Introduction by: Robin Buss
Translated by: Robin Buss
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 54mm
Weight: 884g
ISBN: 9780140449266
ISBN 10: 0140449264
Pages: 1312
Publication Date: 21 July 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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). Robin Buss is a journalist and translator.