Organization: Enter the Story

I will be honest, my familiarity with the novel The Count of Monte Cristo is limited. I remember reading a small portion of it in French class but that was many years ago and it was in French. Still, I did remember the basic plot of the story and was curious to see how Enter the Story: The Count of Monte Cristo handled the epic tale. For those who aren't familiar with the novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo is the story of Edmund Dantes, a young man who seems to have it all, youth, health, a wonderful job and a loving fiancé. Then, on the day he is to be married, he is arrested and thrown in prison at the Chateau d'If, where political prisoners are kept and from which no one has ever escaped. Edmund is never told why he has been imprisoned.