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 o
內容簡介:
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.
關於作者:
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.
目錄:
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