Chapter 2: Father and Sonĭantes visits his father's home and Caderousse, their neighbor pays them a visit. Dantes, meets with Monsieur Morrel, the ship's owner and discusses with him the sullen mood of the sailors. In Marseilles, France the Pharon sailing ship docks, while a crowd of people watch.
This piece tells the tale of a man who seeks revenge after his escape from prision and deals with the central themes of vengeance, justice, forgiveness, and mercy.ĭumas, A. He was also the translator of a number of volumes for Penguin Classics.The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure story that takes place during the historical events of 1815 to 1838. Robin Buss (1939-2006) was a writer and translator who worked for the Independent on Sunday and as television critic for the Times Educational Supplement. A prolific author, his body of work includes a number of popular classics, including The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Ībout the Author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was the son of Napoleon's famous general Dumas.
With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. Robin Buss's lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas's original. Dumas' epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration."-From publisher marketing.īook Synopsis "On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. About the Book "Thrown into prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If.
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