About this audiobook
Edmond Dantès seems ready to begin a promising life when jealousy and political intrigue turn his hopes into imprisonment. Cut off from the people he loves, the young sailor must confront the consequences of a betrayal he does not at first understand. Years later, knowledge of a hidden fortune gives him the means to return under a new identity: the Count of Monte Cristo.
Alexandre Dumas follows a patient campaign in which wealth, information and carefully arranged encounters become instruments of revenge. Dantès's plans reach into the lives of his former enemies, but their effects extend beyond the people he intends to punish. The desire to restore justice becomes difficult to separate from the temptation to control other people's destinies.
The novel combines intrigue and adventure with questions about gratitude, vengeance and forgiveness. Its suspense lies both in the unfolding plans and in the moral uncertainty surrounding a man who believes he can repay every wrong.
