The Count of Monte Cristo

Marseille, 1815. Edmond Dantes is nineteen, honest and full of hope. He is about to become a ship's captain and marry Mercedes, the girl he loves. But on his wedding day, three jealous men write a secret letter – and Edmond is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

Thrown into the dark Chateau d'If, the most terrible prison in France, he loses everything: his freedom, his love, his future. Years later, a mysterious and fabulously rich man appears in Paris: the Count of Monte Cristo. Who is he? And what does he want from the men who destroyed Edmond's life?

A gripping story of betrayal, hope and revenge, adapted from Alexandre Dumas's classic novel for B1-level English learners.