Author: (Retold by Pauline Francis)

Publisher: Evans

Format: Paperback

Pages: 48

Suitable: Intermediate/Senior Primary Levels

The 'Fast Track Classics' series presents retold, shortened versions of classic novels that are suitable for children working at Upper Intermediate/Upper Primary levels. These stories are shortened versions of the classic novels which lose none of the strength and flavour of the original.

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, was an instant success when it was first serialized in 1844-45. It tells the story of Edmond Dantas, an innocent man wrongfully imprisoned. On his escape, Dantes inherits a vast hoard of treasure which has been buried on the Island of Monte Cristo, and uses his fortune to seek revenge on those who plotted his downfall.