With an Introduction & Notes by Keith Wren University of Kent at Canterbury The story of Edmund Dantes self-styled Count of Monte Cristo is told with consummate skill The victim of a miscarriage of justice Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution & empowered by a stroke of providence In his campaign of vengeance he becomes an anonymous agent of fate The sensational narrative of intrigue betrayal escape & triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace Dumas' novel presents a powerful conflict between good & evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions Our edition is based on the most popular & enduring translation first published by Chapman & Hall in 1846 The name of the translator was never revealed ...

On the day of his wedding Edmond Dantes master mariner is arrested in Marseille on trumped-up charges & spirited away to the cellars of the Chateau d' If an impregnable sea fortress in which he is imprisoned indefinitely 1240 pages Dumas Alexandre ...

A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas& classic novel of wrongful imprisonment adventure & revenge Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Chateau d& If There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo & becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure & use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s Dumas was inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment when writing his epic tale of suffering & retribution ...

Alexandre Dumas' epic tale of suffering & revenge inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment the Penguin Classics edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is translated with an introduction by Robin Buss Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed Edmond Dantes spends fourteen bitter years imprisoned in the grim fortress of If There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo & becomes determined not only to escape but also to unearth the treasure & use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsive for his incarceration No longer the naive sailor who disappeared into the dungeon all those years ago he reinvents himself as the charming mysterious & powerful Count of Monte Cristo A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s The Count of Monte Cristo has been a fixture of western literature ever since & the subject of countless film & TV adaptations Robin Buss' lively translation is complete & unabridged & remains faithful to the style of Dumas' original This edition also

Includes:: an introduction explanatory notes a new chronology & updated suggestions for further reading Alexandre Dumas (1802-70) was a pioneer of Romantic theatre in France but in 1839 he turned his attention to writing the novels for which he is best known today pften using collaborators such as Auguste Maquet to suggest plots or historical background His most famous works include The Three Musketeers (1844) The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-5) & The Man in the Iron Mask (1847) If you enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo you might enjoy Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped also available in Penguin Classics' What makes The Count Of Monte Cristo such a superior story is that revenge is not the only emotion driving the plot it is an almost perfect story
- also in the mix are love friendship jealousy faith education snobbery & class' Sunday Express' The greatest of escape stories' Guardian


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Count of Monte Cristo is Alexandre Dumas& classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned & his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is a guileless & honest young man whose peaceful life & plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) are abruptly shattered when he is deceived by his best friend Fernand (Guy Pearce) who wants Mercedes for himself Set up to be unlawfully sentenced to the infamous island prison of Chateau D& If Edmond is trapped in a nightmare that lasts for thirteen years Haunted by the baffling course his life has taken over time everything he ever believed about right & wrong is abandoned & replaced by all-consuming thoughts of vengeance With the help of an equally innocent fellow inmate (Richard Harris) Dantes plots & succeeds in his mission to escape from prison whereupon he transforms himself into the mysterious & wealthy Count of Monte Cristo Actors Guy Pearce Jim Caviezel James Frain Luis Guzman Michael Wincott Richard Harris Albie Woodington & Dagmara Dominczyk Director Kevin Reynolds Certificate PGYear 2002 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 5 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The lavish BBC costume drama based on Alexandre Dumas' classic novel set in the early 1800s sees Alan Badel leading a distinguished cast in the greatest tale of betrayal adventure romance & revenge the world has ever known Edmond Dantes is a brave & honest young man whose peaceful life & plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are abruptly shattered when he is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune Unlawfully sentenced to the infamous island prison of Chateau D' If Edmond is destined to spend the rest of his days behind bars When Edmond audaciously escapes the island he sets off to find the treasure & exact revenge on those who wronged him This 12-part BBC series is now widely considered to be one of the finest adaptations of the legendary story Actors Alan Badel Natasha Parry Morris Perry Michael Gough Rosalie Crutchley Directors Peter Hammond Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 2 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play TALL DARK & DEADLY! Updating the vampire mythos to early 1970s Los Angeles these much-loved cult classics star Robert Quarry (Dr Phibes Rises Again) as the svelte Count Yorga living in a mansion in the southern California hills with his equally mysterious brides Introducing himself as a mystic from Bulgaria who s an expert on seances his true nature is given away by the title of his first film Count Yorga Vampire long before the hapless Donna (Donna Anders Werewolves on Wheels) & her friends discover the truth The sequel The Return of Count Yorga sees him relocate to San Francisco where he has designs on an orphanage as a source of potential victims but gets distracted by the prospect of the beautiful but innocent Cynthia (Mariette Hartley Marooned) becoming the latest addition to his harem Firm drive-in favourites from the moment they were first unleashed the Count Yorga films were directed by Bob Kelljan (Scream Blacula Scream) with just the right mix of atmosphere suspense & tongue-in-cheek humour with Quarry s delivery of the Count s witty one-liners being a particular joy SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition digital transfers of both Yorga films from original film elements by MGMOriginal mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing Audio commentary on Count Yorga Vampire by David Del Valle Audio commentary on The Return of Count Yorga by David Del Valle Interview with critic & author Kim Newman Theatrical trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original & newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys First pressing only Booklet featuring new writing on the films by Frank Collins ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play TALL DARK & DEADLY! Updating the vampire mythos to early 1970s Los Angeles these much-loved cult classics star Robert Quarry (Dr Phibes Rises Again) as the svelte Count Yorga living in a mansion in the southern California hills with his equally mysterious brides Introducing himself as a mystic from Bulgaria who s an expert on seances his true nature is given away by the title of his first film Count Yorga Vampire long before the hapless Donna (Donna Anders Werewolves on Wheels) & her friends discover the truth The sequel The Return of Count Yorga sees him relocate to San Francisco where he has designs on an orphanage as a source of potential victims but gets distracted by the prospect of the beautiful but innocent Cynthia (Mariette Hartley Marooned) becoming the latest addition to his harem Firm drive-in favourites from the moment they were first unleashed the Count Yorga films were directed by Bob Kelljan (Scream Blacula Scream) with just the right mix of atmosphere suspense & tongue-in-cheek humour with Quarry s delivery of the Count s witty one-liners being a particular joy SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition digital transfers of both Yorga films from original film elements by MGM Original mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing Audio commentary on Count Yorga Vampire by David Del Valle Audio commentary on The Return of Count Yorga by David Del Valle Interview with critic & author Kim Newman Theatrical trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original & newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys First pressing only Booklet featuring new writing on the films by Frank Collins ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A classic high-tension thriller directed by Montgomery Tully this rarely-seen gem features an exceptional trans-Atlantic cast including Zachary Scott (on magnificently sinister form as a brutal master-criminal) Mervyn Johns noir heroine Peggie Castle fan favourite Lee Patterson & British screen spiv Sydney Tafler The Counterfeit Plan is featured here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio With the aid of his accomplices convicted murderer Max Brandt escapes whilst being escorted to a French prison & flees across the Channel Arriving in England he seeks out a wartime acquaintance Louie An expert forger Louie has now turned his back on his criminal career but Brandt is determined to blackmail him into putting his formidable skills to use once more ...

Set in a Nazi concentration camp this drama centres on history's biggest counterfeit operation In THE COUNTERFEITERS prisoners must choose between aiding the Third Reich in their money-making scheme & their own well-being ...