The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The main character Edmond Dantès was a merchant sailor before his imprisonment. (Illustration by Pierre-Gustave Staal)
Château d'If (Marseille)
Actor James O'Neill as the Abbé Busoni
Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright.
Dumas in 1855
General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas, engraving by Antoine Maurin.
Château de Monte-Cristo