Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Château d`If. Having endured years of incarceration, he stages a daring and dramatic escape and sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo, and to catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge. Believing himself to be an `Angel of Providence`, Dantès pursues his vengeance to the bitter end, only then realizing that he himself is a victim of newly revised, unabridged translation is as unputdownable now as it was when the novel first appeared, and William Thackeray, enthralled, `began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night`.