The Count of Monte Cristo

Overview of The Count of Monte Cristo (Arabic English): Edmond Dantès was thrown into prison on a charge he did not commit, and was detained in the gloomy fortress of Château d'If. There, he meets a fellow prisoner who informs him of a huge treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, so he becomes determined not only to escape from prison but also to find the treasure and use it to take revenge on the three men responsible for his imprisonment. Dumas's epic novel, which deals with suffering and revenge, is inspired by a true case of a man imprisoned unjustly, and achieved huge popular success when first published serially in the 1840s.