The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père). Complete in 1844, it is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghost writer Auguste Maquet. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and in the Levant during the historical events of 18151838. It begins from just before the