The Count of Monte Cristo

Published in 1844, Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great page-turning thrillers of all time. It tells the story of Edmond Dantès, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. After years spent imprisoned in the Chateau d’If, he escapes and launches his plan to exact revenge against those who betrayed him. This grand historical romance offers up a vision of France that has become immortal. As Robert Louis Stevenson declared, “I do not believe there is another volume extant where you can breathe the same unmingled atmosphere of romance. ”