On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dant s is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in a grim island fortress off Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean dur.
Dant s returns home under the pseudonym of the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, in order to avenge himself on the men who conspired to destroy him.
A fellow prisoner inspires Dant s to escape and guides him to a fortune in treasure.
On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dant s is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in a grim island fortress off Marseilles