The Count of Monte Cristo

The victim of a miscarriage of justice the Count of Monte Cristo 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. The sensational narrative of intrigue betrayal escape and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Alexandre 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.--Amazon