The Count of Monte Cristo /
Alexandre Dumas ; revised translation, with an introduction and notes by David Coward.
- Rev. ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xxvii, 1108 p. ; 20 cm.
- Oxford world's classics .
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Originally published as World's Classics paperback 1990. Reissued as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]).
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is the ultimate novel of retribution. Based on a true story, it recounts the story of Edouard Dantes, his betrayal and imprisonment in the sinister Chateau d'If. Years later, Paris is intrigued by the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who bursts onto the Paris social scene with his millions. He encounters the three principal betrayers of Dantes who have prospered in the post-Napoleonic boom and, one by one, their lives fall apart. The book was a huge, popular success when it was first serialized in 1844, and remains the greatest tale of revenge