Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)

Dumas, Alexandre

ISBN 10: 1853267333 / ISBN 13: 9781853267338

Verlag: Wordsworth Editions, 1997

Beschreibung

The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 582. . 1997. New edition. Paperback. . . . . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781853267338

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) ...

Verlag: Wordsworth Editions

Erscheinungsdatum: 1997

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe:

With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury.

The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate.

The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape, and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas' novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions.

Our edition is based on the most popular and enduring translation first published by Chapman and Hall in 1846. The name of the translator was never revealed.

Críticas:

If you are already dismayed by the length and price of this famous story of revenge set in France against a backdrop of turbulent Bonapartist politics, you could cop out and buy the two-CD abridgement for £10.99. It would be about as satisfying as booking a table at Le Gavroche and ordering scrambled eggs, but 52 hours, I agree, is a long haul. Dumas père is chiefly remembered for this, for The Three Musketeers, and for fathering Alexander Dumas fils, author of La Dame aux Camélias. It's a terrific story. Edmond Dantès, a charismatic young seaman, just promoted to captain, is framed by jealous rivals, falsely accused of being a pro-Bonaparte spy and arrested minutes before his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes. He is sentenced to life imprisonment at the notorious Château d'If, where, 14 years later, a fellow inmate, a priest on his deathbed, reveals the whereabouts of a massive treasure on the tiny island of Monte Cristo. Dantès escapes, finds the treasure, buys a peerage and sets about his revenge. Take it on your gap year. --Sue Arnold, The Guardian