Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870.,
The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas ; revised translation, with an introduction and notes by David Coward. - Revised edition - xxvii, 1108 pages ; 20 cm. - Oxford world's classics. . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Originally published as World's Classics paperback 1990. Reissued as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (page [xxiii]).
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844-45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written. Set in Marseilles, Rome and Paris in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of Edmond Dant©·s, a young sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in a dungeon for fourteen years. A fellow prisoner tells him where to find treasure buried on a Mediterranean island called Monte Cristo. On Dant©·s's escape, he acquires the treasure, gives himself the name Count of Monte Cristo, and ruthlessly goes about the slow destruction of his enemies. -- ENotes.
0199219656 9780199219650
France--History--19th century--Fiction.
PQ2226 / .A33 2008
The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas ; revised translation, with an introduction and notes by David Coward. - Revised edition - xxvii, 1108 pages ; 20 cm. - Oxford world's classics. . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Originally published as World's Classics paperback 1990. Reissued as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (page [xxiii]).
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844-45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written. Set in Marseilles, Rome and Paris in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of Edmond Dant©·s, a young sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in a dungeon for fourteen years. A fellow prisoner tells him where to find treasure buried on a Mediterranean island called Monte Cristo. On Dant©·s's escape, he acquires the treasure, gives himself the name Count of Monte Cristo, and ruthlessly goes about the slow destruction of his enemies. -- ENotes.
0199219656 9780199219650
France--History--19th century--Fiction.
PQ2226 / .A33 2008