{"product_id":"9781853267338","title":"The Count of Monte Cristo","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dumas, Alexandre\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 11 June 1997 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 928 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 124 x 49 | 578g\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dumas, Alexandre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465878016184,"sku":"9781853267338","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781853267338.jpg?v=1734728088","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781853267338","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}