A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'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.
| ISBN: | 9780141392462 |
| Publication date: | 29th November 2012 |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1312 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Historical adventure fiction Historical Fiction |
I recommend everyone who can get their hands on the book to read it.
Imagine yourself walking through the harbour of Marseille, a bright future ahead, to be captain of the Pharaon, unbeknown to you that your close ones are plotting your downfall and that you have years of terror and torture ahead. This is the exact feeling Edmond Dantes had, happy as possibly can be, the way to meet his fiancée, Mercedes. The previous captain of the ship, M. Leclere, passed in agony during the voyage of the Pharaon due to brain fever. Naturally, being the first mate, Dantes takes control of the ship. The poor 19-year-old just wanted to fulfil the last wishes of late Captain Leclere and stopped at the Island of Elba (Napoleon Bonaparte’s retreat) to receive a packet, whose contents were unknown to him, and deliver it to a Bonapartist, Noirtier.... Read Full Review