The Count of Monte Cristo V1 (1894)

By Alexandre Dumas

Book Overview

The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas and first published in 1844. The book tells the story of Edmond Dant�����s, a young man who is unjustly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. While in prison, Dant�����s meets a fellow prisoner who teaches him about a vast treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. After escaping from prison, Dant�����s discovers the treasure and uses it to reinvent himself as the Count of Monte Cristo. He then sets out to seek revenge on those who wronged him and to reclaim his lost love. The novel is filled with adventure, intrigue, and romance, and is considered a masterpiece of French literature. This particular edition is Volume 1, published in 1894.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1169978967
• ISBN13: 9781169978966
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great edition

This edition is in French and it is NOT abridged. Exactly what I was looking for!

This IS the orginal, unabridged French novel

Despite what one of the reviewers above claims, this IS the original, unabridged French classic novel. It is over 1500 pages long (not the mere 150 pages claimed). It is a beautiful, classic story, with the gorgeous prose and intricate plots which Dumas is renowned for. One of my absolute favorite books. Of course, this particular ISBN is written in French.

The Count of Monte Cristo in the original French

Twenty-five years ago, I was in freshman college French class, and could read plays and short stories by the great French authors. A recent visit by a French exchange student showed me how much I'd forgotten, so I decided to try reading French again. This great tale by Alexandre Dumas was the perfect way to start: it's the familiar story of false imprisonment and exceedingly complex revenge in the early 19th century. This is the unabridged version with each of 2 volumes running to 750 pages, so it became my bedtime companion for months. Dumas is a wonderful story-teller, almost always amusing or exciting. It's light reading; my old vocabulary wouldn't have been up to metaphors or symbolism. The only draw-back is a lack of footnotes: much of the action takes place in Italy and the text is sprinkled with some Italian terms that I couldn't translate. The Oxford English translations of Dumas' works offer little tidbits of historical and geographic information that are very helpful in understanding context; none of that is available here. Overall though, I heartily recommend this edition for the reader who wants to wade into the original works of a great French novelist.