The Count of Monte Cristo: Introduction by Umberto Eco -- Alexandre Dumas - Hardcover

This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dant s, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Ch teau d'If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him.

Though a brilliant storyteller, Dumas was given to repetitions and redundancies; this slightly streamlined version of the original 1846 English translation speeds the narrative flow while retaining most of the rich pictorial descriptions and all the essential details of Dumas's intricately plotted and thrilling masterpiece.

Alexandre Dumas's epic novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery--one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written--in a newly revised translation.

Author: Alexandre Dumas
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 06/02/2009
Pages: 1240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.38lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.28w x 2.15d
ISBN: 9780307271129

About the Author
Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 in France and died in 1870.

Umberto Eco is the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum.