The Count of Monte Cristo (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

by Alexandre Dumas

Overview

The victim of betrayal by friends and an insidious plot to hide another's perfidy, innocent young sailor Edmond Dantes is imprisoned for life at the island fortress of the Chateau d'If. After fourteen years, he makes a harrowing escape and works his way to the island of Monte Cristo, where he recovers abundant treasures whose location were made known to him by a fellow prisoner. Wealthy beyond imagination, Dantes sets about engineering the downfall and ruin of the men who stole his youth and robbed him of everything that he held dear in life.
 
Written in 1844, Alexandre Dumas' colorful tale of revenge, hope, and salvation is one of the best-loved classics of world literature. This 2011 edition features the full unabridged text of the novel, with its kaleidoscopic presentation of historical events and intrigues on the European continent in the early nineteenth century.
 
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in exquisitely designed bonded-leather bindings, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of leasure to readers young and old, and are an indispensible cornerstone for any home library. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435132115
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	10/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series
Edition description:	Bonded Leather
Pages:	1080
Sales rank:	2,214
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

One of the most widely read French authors famed for his historical fiction of high adventure, Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote more than a hundred plays and novels, including the famous Three Musketeers trilogy, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask. His books have been translated into more than 100 languages.

Editorial Reviews

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas's epic story of a brave man's search for revenge, was a hit when it first hit Parisian streets in 1844, and it remains popular with readers today. That this large-scale novel possesses a breathtaking cinematic quality has become a truism; with more than half a dozen film adaptations could it be otherwise? Edmond Dantès' multiple disguises and close brushes with exposure gives the fiction an appeal that renews itself with each episode. This Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions hardcover presents this world literature classic in the splendor that it deserves.