Overview Notes From Your Bookseller A truly timeless class about revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo is a sprawling adventure inspired by Dumas’s own father. A wrongfully-imprisoned Dante sets off on a course of vengeance, and what a thrilling course it is. If ever there are "must-read" books, this is one. Hope. Justice. Vengeance. You won't want to miss this classic tale!Best-selling author Alexandre Dumas—who also wrote The Three Musketeers—tells this heartbreaking yet heroic tale of Edmond Dantes, who takes revenge on the men responsible for his unjust fourteen-year imprisonment, keeping him from the woman he loved and the life he was supposed to live. The Count of Monte Cristo is a must-have for any home library or literary aficionado. Featuring colorful sprayed edges and a heat-burnished cover with foil stamping, this edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is a stylish addition to your bookshelf.