Score
166
Genre
Fiction
Place of first edition
France
Time of first edition
1844–1846 (serialised)
Original language
French
"Monte Cristo is said to have been at its first appearance, and for some time subsequently, the most popular book in Europe. Perhaps no novel within a given number of years had so many readers and penetrated into so many different countries." - George Saintsbury, "The Fortnightly Review" (1878)
