TY - BOOK AU - Dumas,Alexandre AU - Coward,David TI - The Count of Monte Cristo T2 - Oxford world's classics SN - 0199219656 (alk. paper) PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - France KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Fiction KW - Adventure fiction KW - gsafd KW - Historical fiction N1 - Originally published as World's Classics paperback 1990. Reissued as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 1998; Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]) N2 - 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 ER -