The Count of Monte Cristo

Set in the tumultuous post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's classic action-adventure novel introduces Edmond Dantès, a young sailor whose life is shattered when he is falsely imprisoned on the eve of his wedding. Wrongly convicted of treason, he endures years in the notorious Château d'If, where a fellow inmate reveals the secret of a vast hidden treasure. After a miraculous escape, Dantès transforms himself into the enigmatic and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo.

Driven by a thirst for justice, he meticulously plots revenge against those who betrayed him. This Volume 1 edition in the Untitled series from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group delivers a timeless historical fiction masterpiece of intrigue and retribution, beloved by generations of readers.