The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Clothbound Classics) by Alexandre Dumas 'Some of the most macabre

'Some of the most macabre and wonderful of all Chinese stories

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Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film Afraid to Die

Published here in the first new translation in more than fifty years

The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Clothbound Classics) by Alexandre Dumas 'Some of the most macabreBeautiful new clothbound edition of Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Chteau d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his