Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (English Edition)

In a world shaped by ambition, jealousy, and political intrigue, Edmond Dantès is destroyed by a conspiracy he cannot foresee and imprisoned without mercy.
Buried alive within the walls of the Château d'If, he loses his name, his future, and nearly his reason.
Yet out of suffering comes reinvention.
Years later, restored to freedom and possessed of immense fortune, Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo - a figure of mystery who moves through society with patience, precision, and a hidden purpose.
Rich in suspense, atmosphere, and psychological depth, Alexandre Dumas's immortal novel is far more than a story of revenge: it is a powerful meditation on hope, justice, providence, and the price of becoming the instrument of one's own fate.
This is the English-language paperback edition of the novel.
Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo. Originally published in French as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, serialised from 1844 to 1846. The text of this edition follows the anonymous English translation first published by Chapman and Hall, London, in 1846. Vollständige Neuausgabe, 1. Auflage, Göttingen 2026. LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag