The Count of Monte Cristo

Genre: Fiction, Literature, Translatedebook, 1,360 pages Paperback, 1276 pages Published: 1844 Edition: Penguin Classics (2003) Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books) Translated by: Robin Buss (1996) Original Title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo 'On what slender threads do life and fortune hang' 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 he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it 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. Robin Buss’s lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas’s original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. Jun 2023 - epub format revised and verified by zardox (no changes to book content).