Hope. Justice. Vengeance. You won't want to miss this classic tale!
Best-selling author Alexandre Dumas-who also wrote The Three Musketeers-tells this heartbreaking yet heroic tale of Edmond Dantes, who takes revenge on the men responsible for his unjust fourteen-year imprisonment, keeping him from the woman he loved and the life he was supposed to live. The Count of Monte Cristo is a must-have for any home library or literary aficionado. Featuring colorful sprayed edges and a heat-burnished cover with foil stamping, this edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is a stylish addition to your bookshelf.
| ISBN: | 9781667209715 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 2025 |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas |
| Publisher: | Canterbury Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1068 pages |
| Series: | Word Cloud Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
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