کتاب The Count of Monte Cristo Original A popular bestseller since its publication in 1844 The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great pageturning thrillers of all time Set against the tumultuous years of the postNapoleonic era Alexandre Dumass grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dants 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