The Count of Monte Cristo: Introduction by Umberto EcoDumas’s epic novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery—one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written—in a newly revised translation. This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dantès, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Château d’If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him. Though a brilliant storyteller, Dumas was given to repetitions and redundancies; this slightly streamlined version of the original 1846 English translation speeds the narrative flow while retaining most of the rich pictorial descriptions and all the essential details of Dumas’s intricately plotted and thrilling masterpiece. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. |
Contents
The Arrival at Marseilles | 7 |
Father and Son | 15 |
The Catalans | 22 |
The Plotters | 32 |
Vampa | 34 |
The Carnival at Rome | 37 |
The Betrothal Feast | 38 |
55 | 47 |
Sinbad the Sailor | 294 |
The Awakening | 315 |
Roman Bandits | 321 |
Bread and Salt Madame de SaintMéran 4 | 338 |
44 | 553 |
745 | 751 |
The Promise | 766 |
The Villefort Family Vault | 790 |
The Dappled Greys | 48 |
Ideology | 49 |
So Haydée | 50 |
SI The Morrel Family | 51 |
Pyramus and Thisbe | 52 |
The Deputy Procureur | 53 |
Major Cavalcanti | 56 |
Andrea Cavalcanti | 57 |
At the Gate | 58 |
Noirtier de Villefort | 59 |
The Will | 60 |
The Telegraph | 61 |
The Bribe | 62 |
The Examination | 63 |
The Dinner The Beggar The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian The Rendezvous The Guests The Breakfast The Presentation | 64 |
A Conjugal Scene | 66 |
Matrimonial Plans | 67 |
Robert le Diable A Talk about Stocks | 71 |
The Château dIf | 72 |
The Evening of the Betrothal | 80 |
IO The Little Room in the Tuileries | 85 |
The Corsican Ogre | 92 |
Father and Son | 100 |
The Ball | 106 |
The Hundred Days | 107 |
In the Dungeons | 113 |
Number 34 and Number 27 | 122 |
A Learned Italian | 135 |
In the Abbés Cell | 146 |
The Treasure | 168 |
The Death of the Abbé | 179 |
The Cemetery of the Château dIf | 189 |
The Isle of Tiboulen | 194 |
The Smugglers | 203 |
The Isle of Monte Cristo | 210 |
The Search | 218 |
At Marseilles Again | 225 |
The Inn of Pont du Gard | 233 |
The Tale | 249 |
The Prison Registers | 262 |
The House of Morrel and Son | 269 |
The Fifth of September | 280 |
A Signed Statement | 797 |
The Progress of M Cavalcanti the Younger | 807 |
Haydée | 816 |
Yanina | 836 |
The Lemonade | 855 |
The Accusation | 867 |
The Room of the Retired Baker | 872 |
The Burglary | 888 |
The Hand of God | 900 |
Beauchamp | 906 |
The Journey | 911 |
The Trial | 919 |
The Challenge | 930 |
The Insult | 936 |
Mercédès | 944 |
The Meeting | 952 |
The Mother and Son | 963 |
The Suicide | 968 |
Valentine | 976 |
The Confession | 983 |
The Father and Daughter | 994 |
The Contract | 1002 |
The Departure for Belgium IOII | 1011 |
The Inn of the Bell and Bottle | 1017 |
The Law | 1027 |
IOI The Apparition | 1036 |
The Serpent | 1042 |
Valentine | 1047 |
Maximilian | 1052 |
Danglars Signature | 1060 |
The Cemetery of PèrelaChaise | 1068 |
The Division | 1079 |
The Lions Den | 1092 |
The Judge | 1099 |
ΠΟ The Assizes | 1107 |
Expiation | 1116 |
The Departure | 1123 |
The House in the Allées de Meillan | 1127 |
Peppino | 1147 |
Luigi Vampas Bill of Fare | 1156 |
The Pardon | 1162 |
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Common terms and phrases
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