The Count of Monte Cristo

By Karen Holmes

Subjects: Readers, Adventure stories, High interest-low vocabulary books, Fiction, historical, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Adventures and adventurers, English language, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, Textbooks for foreign speakers, Juvenile fiction, Pirates, History, France, fiction

Description: Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he meets a man who tells him about some treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Will Edmond escape from prison and find the treasure? And will he see Mercedes again? -- from p. 4 of cover.