Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II by Alexandre Dumas

Will Dantes lose all that he truly loves? Book Details Villefort, who signed the order for his imprisonment.Īfter his revenge, the Count of Monte Cristo married Haidee and fathered a son named Spero.īut will the past catch up with Dantes in the form of the evil bandit Benedetto, who has started to wreak havoc? Rich and posing as the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returned with a beautiful companion named Haidee.ĭantes worked hard to ruin of the men who imprisoned him those many years are coming to fruition.ĭanglars, his former shipmate. In prison, Dantes met and befriended an Italian abbé who educated him and then, in death, helped him escape with a fabulous secret of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. A fixture of Western civilization’s literature, it is widely considered “.one of the best thrillers ever written' (Reid, 134).Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations.īut Dantes' enemies had him imprisoned in the dungeons of Château D'If. Set in France, Italy, and the Mediterranean islands in the midst of the Bourbon Restoration, the epic adventure story centres on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes jail, and makes plans to exact revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. Buy Le comte de Monte-Cristo tome 2 by Alexandre Dumas from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on. Maurice Baring calls it the most popular book in the world' (Frank Wild Reed). The Count of Monte Cristo, in particular, is 'perhaps the outstanding work of fiction to reveal the futility of human vengeance, even when it attains its utmost completeness.

OCLC locates only one other copy of this work. In very good condition with some wear to the extremities.

Small octavos, bound in full period green calf over pebbled morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, raised bands, all edges hand colored green, ribbons bound into each volume. This Belgian pirated edition features a misspelling of the title with “Christo” which was corrected in the L’Écho des Feuilletons illustrated edition, Paris 1846 with plates by Gavarni. One of the earliest known editions of The Count of Monte Cristo released simultaneously with the true first edition published in Paris by Pétion in 18 volumes with the first two issued in 1844 and the remaining sixteen in 1845. Item Number: 88153īruxelles: Societe Belge de Librairie, 1845-1846. The Count of Monte Cristo 1987 by Alexandre Dumas Part 2 The Abbe FariaThe 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison, find treasure and discover.

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II by Alexandre Dumas