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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · Adventure, Historical
Wrongfully imprisoned on the eve of his wedding, young sailor Edmond Dantès escapes with knowledge of a hidden fortune and returns under a mysterious new identity to confront the society that destroyed his life.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 35 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Journeys of The Count of Monte Cristo
CHÂTEAU D'IFChâteau d'If — distance, stone and bureaucracy turn detention into disappearance.
The World of Monte Cristo
The Characters of The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantès — The Sailor Who Rewrites His Fate
Mercédès — Memory Held with Dignity
Edmond and Mercédès at Les Catalans
The Pharaon Returns to Marseilles
This edition
- Title
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Author
- Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870)
- First published
- 1844
- Illustrated plates
- 185 original artworks · 35 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 117 · about 460,032 words
- Reading time
- 30 h 40 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #1184
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