Revenge fiction par excellence. This unabridged Robin Buss translation is particularly good - modern, idiomatic English paired with fascinating annotations that add a new depth to the text.
And, compared to the 2002 film adaptation with Jim Caviezel, it’s refreshing that in the original text Dantes doesn’t just settle a vendetta with a duel but enacts a set of epic, multi-tentacled, Cartman/Scott Tenorman-esque, family-destroying revenge plots. The 1,200 pages really fly.