Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
SKU: 56496873
Price: 698.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Author: Alejandro Dumas
ISBN: 9781420951400

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alejandro Dumas

Publisher

Digireads.com

Language

English

Pages

958

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x5.4 cm

Weight

1.19 kg.

ISBN13

9781420951400

Synopsis "The Count of Monte Cristo"

One of Alexandre Dumas' most beloved novels and one of the best-selling works of its day, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is an expansive adventure novel with a huge cast of characters, all revolving around the young sailor Edmond Dantès. Wrongfully accused of aiding the exiled Napoleon, Dantès is arrested on the day of his wedding and imprisoned on the island prison, Chateau d'If. He survives years of cramped confinement and eventually befriends another prisoner, an Italian who knows the location of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. After an intrepid escape, Dantès utilizes his new fortune to extract revenge from his enemies, pursuing those who imprisoned him to a bitter end for all concerned. An ageless tale of adventure filled with mercy, courage, and hope, "The Count of Monte Cristo" endures as one of the classics of world literature. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Alejandro Dumas

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Alexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific and popular authors from France. He was born in 1802 in the city of Villers-Cotterets, and soon moved to Paris to work as a secretary for the Duke of Orléans. There, he completed his education on his own and began to take an interest in writing.
He started by writing plays, and then moved on to poems and long stories. However, his real success did not come until 1844, the year he released the work that would catapult him to fame: The Three Musketeers. The serial publication of this novel brought him a huge sum of money, but it also meant countless hours of work, many collaborators, and the production of up to eighty installments to meet the growing public demand.
After the publication of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas amassed a great fortune. However, his hedonistic nature led him to squander all he had earned and he soon found himself forced to exile in Belgium to escape his French creditors.
The Count of Monte Cristo, the pinnacle of the author's narrative, is considered one of the greatest adventure novels of all time.

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