All human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.
On his wedding day, Edmond Dant?s, a sailor, is arrested for treason. Charged with being a Bonapartiste, he is wrongfully imprisoned without trial in the dreaded Ch?teau d?If. Dant?s has been betrayed, concludes his fellow prisoner and mentor, Abb? Faria.
After a dramatic escape from prison, Dant?s acquires a fortune at the Island of Monte Cristo, and returns to France as the mysterious and sought-after Count of Monte Cristo. With steely resolve, he sets about wreaking vengeance on those who conspired his ruination. And with devastating consequences.
Set in France, Italy, and the islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815-1839, this literary classic by Alexandre Dumas, p?re, originally published between 1844 and 1845, is an exploration of universal themes like romance, hope, loyalty, betrayal, vengeance, forgiveness, and justice.