Dumas Alexandre - The Count Of Monte Cristo - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren University of Kent at Canterbury. The story of Edmund Dantes self - styled Count of Monte Cristo is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intrigue betrayal escape and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions. Our edition is based on the most popular and enduring translation first published by Chapman and Hall in 1846. The name of the translator was never revealed.
Title: The Count Of Monte Cristo
Author(s): Dumas Alexandre
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Barcode: 9781853267338
Pages: 928 Pages
Publication Date: 11/5/1997
Series: Wordsworth Classics
(Editor: Carabine, Dr Keith (University of Kent at Canterbury))
Category: Classic Fiction