The Count of Monte Cristo

Dumas's revenge epic: Edmond Dantès, betrayed and imprisoned, returns with a fortune and a plan.

Specifications & Metrics

author

Alexandre Dumas

type

Adventure novel

era

France (1844–1846)

language

French

setting

Marseille, the Château d'If, and Paris

parts

117 chapters

Relative Scale in Novels

Core Principles & Analysis

• Serialized 1844–46, drawing on a real case from police archives.
• The Château d'If imprisonment and Abbé Faria's tutelage build the avenger.
• It remains one of the most adapted novels ever written.

Sources

• Wikipedia: The Count of Monte Cristo