COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, THE（ISBN=9780307271129）

　　For nineteen-year-old Edmond Dantes, life is sweet. Soon to be captain of his own sip, he is also about to be married to his true love, Mercedes. But suddenly everything turns sour. On the joyous day of his wedding he is arrested and--without a fair trial--condemned to solitary confinement in the miserable Chateau d'If! The charges? Faked! Edmond has been framed by a handful of powerful enemies. But why?

　　While locked away, Edmond learns from another prisoner of a secret treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Edmond concocts a daring and audacious plan: escape and find the treasure! But it is years later--long after Edmond has transformed himself into the Count of Monte Cristo--that his plan for revenge begins to unfold.

　　Disguised as the wealthy count, Edmond returns to his native land to find his enemies--and make them pay!

　　(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Alexandre Dumas's epic novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery--one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written--in a newly revised translation. This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dantes, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Chateau d'If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him. Though a brilliant storyteller, Dumas was given to repetitions and redundancies; this slightly streamlined version of the original 1846 English translation speeds the narrative flow while retaining most of the rich pictorial descriptions and all the essential details of Dumas's intricately plotted and thrilling masterpiece.

　　Author Biography: Alexandre Dumas, pere (French for "father", akin to 'Senior' in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 -- 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. Introducer Biography: Italian novelist Umberto Eco is best-known for The Name of the Rose (published in Everyman) but has published many other works of fiction, literary criticism, history and philosophy.

FOREWORD
LIST OF CHARACTERS
Marseilles--The Arrival
Father and Son
The Catalans
The Betrothal Feast
The Deputy Procureur du Roi
The Examination
The Chateau d'If
Villefort and Mercedes
The Little Cabinet of the Tuileries
The Ogre
The Hundred Days
Numbers 34 and 27
An Italian Scholar
The Treasure
The Third Attack
The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If
The Isle of Tiboulen
The Isle of Monte Cristo
The Treasure Cave
The Stranger
The Pont du Gard Inn
Caderousse's Story
The Prison Register
Morrel and Son
The Fifth of September
Roman Bandits
The Apparition
The Carnival at Rome
The Catacombs of St Sebastian
The Guests
The Presentation
Unlimited Credit
The Pair of Dappled Greys
Haydee
The Morrel Family
Toxicology
The Rise and Fall of Stocks
Pyramus and Thisbe
M. Noirtier de Villefort
The Will
The Telegraph
The Dinner
A Conjugal Scene
Matrimonial Plans
A Summer Ball
Mme de Saint-Meran
The Promise
Minutes of the Proceedings
The Progress of Cavalcanti Junior
Haydee's Story
The Report from Janina
The Lemonade
The Accusation
The Trial
The Challenge
The Insult
The Night
The Duel
Revenge
Valentine
The Secret Door
The Apparition Again
The Serpent
Maximilian
Danglars' Signature
Consolation
Separation
The Judge
Expiation
The Departure
The Fifth of October
AFTERWORD