This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dantès, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Château d'If. After a daring escape and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him. This extraordinary story, set against the dramatic upheavals of the years after Napoleon, is more than an adventure story. It is an epic of justice, retribution, and self-discovery matched only by Les Misérables in the France of its time.
| ISBN: | 9780593081501 |
| Publication date: | 3rd June 2020 |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1188 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary 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