The Count of Monte Cristo
$28.60
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
24 January 1996
Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo: A Tale of Revenge and Redemption
A tale of love and revenge in the post-Napoleonic era. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in prison.
His sole companion is the ‘crazy’ priest Faria, who shares with Edmond a secret escape plan, and a map to hidden riche…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140373530 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140373535 |
| Series: | Puffin Classics (Paperback) |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas, Robin Waterfield |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 24 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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“A piece of perfect storytelling.” –Robert Louis Stevenson
“A piece of perfect storytelling.”—Robert Louis Stevenson
About The Author
Alexandre Dumas
Alexander Dumas was born in 1802 at Villes-Cotterets. He received very little education but when he entered the household of the future king, Louis-Philippe, he began to read veraciously and then to write. In 1839 he began writing novels dealing with the wars of religion and the Revolution, but he is most remembered for his historical novels, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
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