(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) 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. This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dantes,
wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea
fortress, the Chateau 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
de*ions and all the essential details of Dumas's intricately
plotted and thrilling masterpiece.