Imprisoned for a crime he didn''t commit, Edmond Dantes spends fourteen bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works he uses all he has learnt during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge that will bring punishment to those responsible for his fate. No longer the naive sailor who disappeared into the dark fortress all those years ago, he reinvents himself as the powerful Count of Monte Cristo.
Annotation: The classic novel of Edmond Dant?s and his revenge against the men who caused him to be imprisoned unjustly.
Praise
New York Times "I read it again with great joy, the same joy I had when I was a kid." - Alfred Kazin 12/06/1997
