The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas

The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by ‘the Napoleon of storytellers’.Falsely accused of treason, Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding night and imprisoned in the grim island fortress of Chateau d’If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabuouls treasure on the island of Monte Cristo and uses it to exact revenge on those responsible for his incarceration.The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas’ novels present a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero’s ultimate doscomfort with the hubristic implications of his own actions. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, The Count of Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantes, believing himself to be an Angel of Providence, pursuing his vengeance to the bitter end before realising that he himself is a victim of fate.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and New Delhi

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u1ac200a0-e176-5e04-9ce5-50f8ed0f8657)

Title Page (#u0c6b0873-9a32-585a-82b7-b2ac28e27fea)

1 The Arrival at Marseilles (#u098ebb26-e3a0-5035-b0c0-7689517628f7)

2 Father and Son (#u01ca30e9-f5dd-5b6b-89b4-ec6846fcc158)

3 The Catalans (#u24635d13-6c54-57a9-a252-633075a3796a)

4 The Plotters (#u6cba13ed-4dc1-566d-8bfb-9c8a76cc73ec)

5 The Betrothal Feast (#uc28244cf-ee98-5c6e-8ebf-7dae4fc667b9)

6 The Deputy Procureur (#uf1123485-5d6e-5708-965f-dc4540606e5c)

7 The Examination (#ud9b53e61-6c59-54f2-a0bb-dd6b5fb07a8d)

8 The Château d’If (#u0ea3b707-6991-5554-827f-a8c3428e4b49)

9 The Evening of the Betrothal (#u8f09ba6d-902b-58bd-9bc9-347a0430ecf2)

10 The Little Room in the Tuileries (#uac5b42ac-a690-5888-afe5-f2d47190e542)

11 The Corsican Ogre (#udeb5914a-65a7-5fab-8dc6-bca18de6e45f)

12 Father and Son (#u318236b3-88a2-5f82-92ca-69a573053461)

13 The Hundred Days (#u34964359-7f7e-5f4a-9bc4-4a93337f9a45)

14 In the Dungeons (#u514676de-6a41-5d35-a6db-99606dac0c70)

15 Number 34 and Number 27 (#u97483316-249f-5ae6-97be-483df7326bd9)

16 A Learned Italian (#u231bbfb8-9ff1-5fdc-b3f2-25e93c078543)

17 In the Abbé’s Cell (#ue81584bf-056b-572a-a7e5-fedbb544df5e)

18 The Treasure (#u1d1d640f-bb48-5c1e-a515-1ca0defd0033)

19 The Death of the Abbé (#ub73e0047-8b5e-5a04-95de-8da319801f00)

20 The Cemetery of the Château d’If (#ue8a1c2b1-e50f-5604-8dc6-ecd21dd86725)

21 The Isle of Tiboulen (#ub49d84fb-c194-5e1a-8db4-0c27b561d47b)

22 The Smugglers (#u908292f1-ba22-50fb-bef8-fe49861dc0e3)

23 The Isle of Monte Cristo (#udedbe8ab-431f-5f1c-a414-1cfa3af7a3b9)

24 The Search (#uf0e2a88a-169f-59d0-9072-7208fc764070)

25 At Marseilles Again (#ufb167abb-2101-5c16-b002-d03d2848df7a)

26 The Inn of Pont du Gard (#ud28cbc89-1845-5bc5-8b21-0011d148c7bb)

27 The Tale (#u68604440-b778-5d38-b63c-e7c02d5ea940)

28 The Prison Registers (#u09986a14-0a39-5fe6-922b-2ae40c31bc1b)

29 The House of Morrel and Son (#u9c28d305-4584-593c-a96b-55680ff5dc12)

30 The Fifth of September (#litres_trial_promo)

31 Italy: Sinbad the Sailor (#litres_trial_promo)

32 The Awakening (#litres_trial_promo)

33 Roman Bandits (#litres_trial_promo)

34 Vampa (#litres_trial_promo)

35 The Colosseum (#litres_trial_promo)

36 La Mazzolata (#litres_trial_promo)

37 The Carnival at Rome (#litres_trial_promo)

38 The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian (#litres_trial_promo)

39 The Rendezvous (#litres_trial_promo)

40 The Guests (#litres_trial_promo)

41 The Breakfast (#litres_trial_promo)

42 The Presentation (#litres_trial_promo)