The Count of Monte Cristo (Volume 2)

by Alexandre Dumas (pïre), Livingstonebook (Editor)

Overview

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (Père) completed in 1844.
It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. Another important work by Dumas, written before his work with Maquet, was the short novel Georges; this novel is of particular interest to scholars because Dumas reused many of the ideas and plot devices later in The Count of Monte Cristo.
The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. It begins just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It centres on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. His plans have devastating consequences for both the innocent and the guilty.
The book is considered a literary classic today. According to Luc Sante, "The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization's literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, Noah's flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood."
The most common English translation is an anonymous one originally published in 1846 by Chapman and Hall. .

This new edition comes from an anonymous translation with 79 illustrations (Volume 1 &2) from designs by G. Staal, J. A. Beauce, and eminent French Artists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798369225486
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/05/2023
Series:	The Count of Monte Cristo (Complete in two volumes – Illustrated) , #2
Pages:	594
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Alexandre Dumas (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) also known as Alexandre Dumas Père (French for 'father'), was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films.