{"product_id":"9781853267338","title":"The Count of Monte Cristo","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alexandre Dumas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 November 1997 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 928 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 55mm | 656g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\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":"Alexandre Dumas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57390556348741,"sku":"9781853267338","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781853267338.jpg?v=1773512036","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781853267338","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}