The only edition in print, David Coward sets both the author and his exciting tale in their historical and cultural contexts.Ībout the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe.
But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.
It thoroughly updates the classic translation based on the original serialization and includes a new bibliography and revised notes, plus a lively introduction by David Coward, a prize-winning translator and editor of nine Dumas novels. This newly revised, unabridged translation is as unputdownable now as it was when the novel first appeared. Dantès pursues his vengeance to the bitter end, only then realizing that he himself is a victim of fate. Dantès stages a daring and dramatic escape, retrieves this fabulous fortune, and returns to France to exact revenge on his enemies, posing as the Count of Monte Cristo. After years of solitary confinement in a cramped, dank dungeon, he befriends an Italian prisoner who, with his dying breath, reveals the location of a vast treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned on an island fortress. One of the most exciting and best-loved novels of all time, The Count of Monte Cristo is a timeless tale of endurance, courage, and revenge.
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