The Count of Monte Cristo - a bestseller since its initial publication - is the story of a daring prison break, a tale of betrayal and redemption, and a swashbuckling romance.
Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything. He is engaged to a beautiful woman, is about to become the captain of a ship, and is well liked by almost everyone. But his perfect life is shattered when he is falsely accused of treason by a jealous rival and thrown into a dark prison cell for fourteen years.
To avenge himself against his enemies, Dantès masquerades as a refined nobleman, the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. As Dumas writes, "Everything about the Count seemed to have its meaning and value, for the habit of profitable thinking had given an incomparable ease and firmness to his features, to the expression on his face, and to his slightest gesture."
Written in Dumas's oft-imitated style of adventure and suspense and filled with vivid details of post-Nepoleonic France, The Count of Monte Cristo continues to dazzle readers with its thrilling and memorable scenes, including Dantès's miraculous escape from the dreadful Chateau d'If, his amazing discovery of a vast hidden treasure, and his transformation into a man whose astonishing thirst for vengeance is as cruel as it is just.