The Count of Monte CristoAdventure novel by Alexandre Dumas (père) is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. It begins just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It centres around a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty. In addition, it is a story that involves romance, loyalty, betrayal, and selfishness, shown throughout the story as characters slowly reveal their true inner nature. The book is considered a literary classic today. According to Luc Sante, "The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization's literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, Noah's flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood." |
Contents
The Telegraph | |
How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches | |
Ghosts | |
The Dinner | |
The Beggar | |
A Conjugal Scene | |
Matrimonial Projects | |
At the Office of the Kings Attorney | |
The Evening of the Betrothal | |
The Kings Closet at the Tuileries | |
The Corsican Ogre | |
Father and | |
The Hundred Days | |
The Two Prisoners | |
Number 34 and Number 27 | |
A Learned Italian | |
The Abbes Chamber | |
The Treasure | |
The Third Attack | |
The Cemetery of the Chateau DIf | |
The Island of Tiboulen | |
The Smugglers | |
The Island of Monte Cristo | |
The Secret Cave | |
The Unknown | |
The Pont du Gard | |
The Story | |
VOLUME | |
The Prison Register | |
The Fifth of September | |
Sinbad the Sailor | |
The Waking | |
Roman Bandits | |
The Colosseum | |
La Mazzolata | |
The Carnival at Rome | |
The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian | |
The Compact | |
The Guests | |
The Breakfast | |
The Presentation | |
Monsieur Bertuccio | |
The House at Auteuil | |
The Vendetta | |
The Rain of Blood | |
Unlimited Credit | |
The Dappled Grays | |
VOLUME THREE | |
Ideology | |
Haidee | |
The Morrel Family | |
Pyramus and Thisbe | |
Toxicology | |
Robert le Diable | |
A Flurry in Stocks | |
Major Cavalcanti | |
Andrea Cavalcanti | |
In the Lucerne Patch | |
M Noirtier de Villefort | |
The Will | |
A Summer Ball | |
The Inquiry | |
The Ball | |
Bread and Salt | |
Madame de SaintMeran | |
The Promise | |
VOLUME FOUR | |
The Villefort Family Vault | |
A Signed Statement | |
Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger | |
Haidee | |
We hear From Yanina | |
The Lemonade | |
The Accusation | |
The Room of the Retired Baker | |
The Burglary | |
The Hand of | |
Beauchamp | |
The Journey | |
The Trial | |
The Challenge | |
The Insult | |
A Nocturnal Interview | |
The Meeting | |
Mother and | |
The Suicide | |
Valentine | |
Maximilians Avowal | |
Father and Daughter | |
VOLUME FIVE | |
The Contract | |
The Departure for Belgium | |
The Bell and Bottle Tavern | |
The | |
The Apparition | |
Locusta | |
Valentine | |
Maximilian | |
Danglars Signature | |
The Cemetery of PerelaChaise | |
Dividing the Proceeds | |
The Lions | |
The Judge | |
The Assizes | |
The Indictment | |
Expiation | |
The Departure | |
The Past | |
Peppino | |
Luigi Vampas Bill of Fare | |
The Pardon | |
The Fifth of October | |
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Common terms and phrases
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