"A piece of perfect storytelling." —Robert Louis Stevenson
Imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Edmond Dantès spends 14 bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works he uses all he has learned during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge that will bring punishment to those he holds responsible for his fate. No longer the naïve sailor who disappeared into the dark fortress all those years ago, he reinvents himself as the charming, mysterious, and powerful Count of Monte Cristo.
Reviews
"The Napoleon of story-tellers." —Washington Post
"The greatest of escape stories." —Guardian
Author Biography
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) wrote plays, travel books, children’s stories, memoirs, and novels, including The Three Musketeers.