The Count of Monte Cristo

von Alexandre Dumas

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The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translationThrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès 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 use the treasure 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.Translated with an Introduction by ROBIN BUSS

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9780140449266
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.03.2003
• Größe: 198 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
• Übersetzung: Robin Buss