Book description
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of the
nineteenth century. But the author, Alexandre Dumas, also converted many
of his fictions into riveting dramas, dividing his classic tale of
revenge into four plays. In this fourth and final part, Edmond Dantes
(the Count of Monte Cristo) sets out to destroy Danglars and Villefort,
the other two men who had helped shanghai him to the island prison of
Chateau d'If. He uses Danglars's illegitimate child, Benedetto, to
secure his downfall, but loses control of his plan when Madame de
Villefort begins poisoning her in-laws to allow her own son to inherit
her husband's wealth. Monte Cristo must use all of his power to save
Villefort's daughter, Valentine, the beloved of Maximilian Morel, the
son of Monte Cristo's old benefactor. Can he find a way to outwit his
enemies?
