The Count of Monte Cristo

A Vintage Classics edition of Dumas's epic tale of injustice and revenge--one of the most exciting and celebrated mystery novels ever written.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING PIERRE NINEY . Dumas's epic and timeless novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery

On the eve of his wedding, a young sailor named Edmond Dant s is wrongly accused of treason and imprisoned for life in the Ch teau d'If, a reputedly impregnable island fortress. After a daring escape, Dant s unearths a treasure revealed to him by another prisoner and devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him, in disguise as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo.

Set against the dramatic upheavals of the years after Napoleon, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the most enduringly popular adventure novels ever written.