The Count of Monte Cristo
French novelist, 1802–1870.
The Count of Monte Cristo is an 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, translated from French.
On 4 of the 10 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Alexandre Dumas
- First published
- 1844
- Length
- 1312 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Adventure, Political
Is The Count of Monte Cristo worth reading?
4 of the 10 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian) and The Big Read top 100 (BBC).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 36 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 44 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Count of Monte Cristo
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 1312 pages, translated by Robin Buss.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 1312
- Translator
- Robin Buss
- ISBN
- 9780140449266
How critics and readers rate The Count of Monte Cristo
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 52% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 16% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Count of Monte Cristo
If you liked The Count of Monte Cristo, try Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights or Crime and Punishment.
