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Alexandre Dumas, David Coward
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Alexandre Dumas, David Coward
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Revised Edition
Alexandre Dumas
Edited by David Coward
1,136 pages
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196x129mm
978-0-19-921965-0
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Paperback
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17 April 2008
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- One of the most exciting and best-loved novels of all time, The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of endurance, courage, and revenge that has been many time adapted for film and television.
- This revised unabridged edition thoroughly updates the classic translation based on the original serialization and includes a new bibliography and revised introduction and notes. The text is reset throughout.
- Includes a lively introduction and notes by David Coward, prize-winning translator and editor of 9 Dumas novels.
New to this edition - Updated introduction.
- New bibliography.
- Revised note on the text, chronology, explanatory notes.
- Extensive revisions to the translation throughout, replacing old-fashioned terms and phraseology and improving narrative pace.
- Complete resetting of the book, resulting in greatly improved appearance.
'people get out of prison, and when they get out, and their name is Edmond Dantès, they take their revenge!'
Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Château d'If. Having endured years of incarceration, he stages a daring and dramatic escape and sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo, and to catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge. Believing himself to be an 'Angel of Providence', Dantès pursues his vengeance to
the bitter end, only then realizing that he himself is a victim of fate.
One of the great thrillers of all time, The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted for film and television many times. This newly revised, unabridged translation is as unputdownable now as it was when the novel first appeared, and William Thackeray, enthralled, 'began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night'.Readership: Readers of classic fiction, thrillers, adventure stories, historical narratives, Dumas; students of French literature, comparative literature, nineteenth-century fiction
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Alexandre Dumas Edited by David Coward, Emeritus Professor of French Literature, University of Leeds
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