内容简介
Onthedayofhiswedding,EdmondDantes,mastermariner,isarrestedinMarseilleontrumped-upchargesandspiritedawaytothecellarsoftheChateaud'If,animpregnableseafortressinwhichheisimprisonedindefinitely.Escapingfromthechateaubyaseriesofdaringmanoeuvres,heunearthsagreattreasureontheislandofMonteCristo,buriedtherebyaformerfellowprisonerwhobequeathstohimthesecretofitswhereabouts.Thusarmedwithunimaginablewealthandembitteredbyhislongimprisonment,heresolvestodevotehislifetotrackingdownandpunishingthoseresponsible.Thisclassicnineteenth-centurytranslationhasbeenrevisedandupdatedbyPeterWashington,withanintroductionbyaward-winningnovelistUmbertoEco.
作者简介
AlexandreDumas,père(Frenchfor"father",akinto"Senior"inEnglish),bornDumasDavydelaPailleterie(24July1802—5December1870)wasaFrenchwriter,bestknownforhisnumeroushistoricalnovelsofhighadventurewhichhavemadehimoneofthemostwidelyreadFrenchauthorsintheworld.Manyofhisnovels,includingTheCountofMonteCristo,TheThreeMusketeers,TwentyYearsAfter,andTheVicomtedeBragelonnewereserialized.Healsowroteplaysandmagazinearticlesandwasaprolificcorrespondent.