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. - This chic and inexpensive edition comes with a heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, luxurious endpapers, and a smaller trim size that's easy to hold.- This widely popular classic, originally written in French, tells a tale of devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a must-have for any home library or literary aficionado.