| The Count of Monte Cristo: Abridged Contributor(s): Dumas, Alexandre (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553213504 ISBN-13: 9780553213508 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 1984 Annotation: Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantes, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'If -- doomed to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his miraculous escape, and his carefully wrought revenge creates a dramatic tale of mystery and intrigue and paints a vision of France -- a dazzling, dueling, exuberant France -- that has become immortal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00003548 |
| Lexile Measure: 930 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 4.38" W x 6.98" (0.56 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12778 Reading Level: 8.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 34.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read A popular bestseller since its publication in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great page-turning thrillers of all time. Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dant s, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge 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." |