The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo is the ultimate novel of retribution. Based on a true story, it recounts the story of Edouard Dantes, his betrayal, and imprisonment in the sinister Chateau d'If. Years later, Paris is intrigued by the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who bursts onto the Paris social scene with his millions. He encounters the three principal betrayers of Dantes who have prospered in the post-Napoleonic boom and, one by one, their lives fall apart. The book was a huge, popular success when it was first serialized in 1844, and remains the greatest tale of revenge. |
Contents
Translators Note | 9 |
Marseilles the Arrival | 13 |
Father and Son | 22 |
The Catalans | 28 |
The Betrothal Feast | 36 |
The Deputy Procureur du Roi | 45 |
The Examination | 51 |
The Chateau dlf | 60 |
Pyramus and Thisbe | 343 |
Monsieur Noirtier de Villefort | 352 |
The Will | 359 |
The Telegraph | 368 |
The Dinner | 374 |
A Conjugal Scene | 386 |
Matrimonial Plans | 393 |
A Summer Ball | 400 |
Villefort and Mercedes | 70 |
The Little Cabinet of the Tuileries | 74 |
The Ogre | 80 |
The Hundred Days | 84 |
Numbers 34 and 27 | 87 |
An Italian Scholar | 99 |
The Treasure | 118 |
The Third Attack | 132 |
The Cemetery of the Chateau dIf | 138 |
The Isle of Tiboulen | 142 |
The Isle of Monte Cristo | 154 |
The Treasure Cave | 159 |
The Stranger | 167 |
The Pont du Gard Inn | 170 |
Caderousses Story | 176 |
The Prison Register | 188 |
Morrel and Son | 194 |
The Fifth of September | 207 |
Roman Bandits | 216 |
The Apparition | 223 |
The Carnival at Rome | 233 |
The Catacombs of St Sebastian | 248 |
The Guests | 266 |
The Presentation | 285 |
Unlimited Credit | 294 |
The Pair of Dappled Greys | 303 |
Haydee | 312 |
The Morrel Family | 317 |
Toxicology | 324 |
The Rise and Fall of Stocks | 334 |
Madame de StMéran | 418 |
The Promise | 425 |
Minutes of the Proceedings | 446 |
The Progress of Cavalcanti Junior | 464 |
Hay dees Story | 471 |
The Report from Janina | 493 |
The Lemonade | 502 |
chapter 53 The Accusation | 514 |
The Trial | 519 |
The Challenge | 532 |
The Insult | 536 |
The Night | 544 |
The Duel | 552 |
Revenge | 556 |
Valentine | 567 |
The Secret Door | 582 |
The Apparition Again | 589 |
The Serpent | 595 |
Maximilian | 600 |
Danglars Signature | 609 |
Consolation | 616 |
Separation | 629 |
The Judge | 645 |
Expiation | 655 |
The Departure | 662 |
The Fifth of October | 678 |
Afterword | 691 |
Further Reading | 696 |
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Common terms and phrases
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