The revenge of the innocent

Betrayed, victim of a plot that suits many people, both by greed than by jealousy, the young sailor from Marseilles will be imprisoned on the same day of her wedding at the Chateau d'If. He remained locked up for 14 long years before managing to escape.
The man then reappears in the company a few years later will now be known as the Count of Monte Cristo name. Rich and powerful man, manipulative in the extreme, he seems to know so much, but yet remains mysterious to everyone.

Through the rich writing Dumas then undermine the workings of a Manichean revenge carefully prepared. Nothing will stop. Relentlessly, the noose is tightening.
This book remains one of the pillars of French literature.

Preview:
"" And who are you?
- I'm the one you sold, delivered, dishonored; I am the one you prostitute the bride; I'm the one on which you market to raise you up to fortune; I am the one you killed the hunger father, who had condemned to die of hunger, and yet forgives you, because he needs himself to be forgiven, I am Edmond Dantes! '"