The Count of Monte Cristo

Dumas, Alexandre & Robin Buss

ISBN 10: 0140449264 / ISBN 13: 9780140449266

Editore: Penguin Classics, 2003

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Riassunto:

The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translation

Thrown 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

Informazioni sull'autore:

Alexandre Dumas (1824-95) was a pioneer of the Romantic theatre in France, for which he wrote a series of colourful historical dramas, although it is as a novelist that he is best known today. His works include The Three Musketeers (1844-5), La Reine Margot (1845).
Robin Buss is a journalist and translator.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: The Count of Monte Cristo
Casa editrice: Penguin Classics
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New