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Fiction · 1844

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Reading time
about 33.5 h
Length
462,566 words · 1140 pages in print
Structure
116 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English (translated from French)
Era
Victorian

On the morning he is to be given command of the Pharaon and married to Mercédès, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is denounced by three men who each want something he has, and shut up without trial in the island fortress of the Château d’If. Fourteen years later a fellow prisoner leaves him an education, a fortune and a reason to live. The man who returns to Paris is rich, unrecognisable and in no hurry.

Alexandre Dumas, working with his collaborator Auguste Maquet, serialised the novel in the Journal des Débats between 1844 and 1846. It is the great novel of patient revenge — and, in its second half, an increasingly uneasy examination of what revenge costs the man who takes it.

This edition uses the anonymous English translation of 1846. Because of its length the complete text is issued in two matching volumes.

Contents

  1. Volume One
  2. Chapter 1 — Marseilles—The Arrival
  3. Chapter 2 — Father and Son
  4. Chapter 3 — The Catalans
  5. Chapter 4 — Conspiracy
  6. Chapter 5 — The Marriage Feast
  7. Chapter 6 — The Deputy Procureur du Roi
  8. Chapter 7 — The Examination
  9. Chapter 8 — The Château d’If
  10. Chapter 9 — The Evening of the Betrothal
  11. Chapter 10 — The King’s Closet at the Tuileries
  12. Chapter 11 — The Corsican Ogre
  13. Chapter 12 — Father and Son
  14. Chapter 13 — The Hundred Days
  15. Chapter 14 — The Two Prisoners
  16. Chapter 15 — Number 34 and Number 27
  17. Chapter 16 — A Learned Italian
  18. Chapter 17 — The Abbé’s Chamber
  19. Chapter 18 — The Treasure
  20. Chapter 19 — The Third Attack
  21. Chapter 20 — The Cemetery of the Château d’If
  22. Chapter 21 — The Island of Tiboulen
  23. Chapter 22 — The Smugglers
  24. Chapter 23 — The Island of Monte Cristo
  25. Chapter 24 — The Secret Cave
  26. Chapter 25 — The Unknown
  27. Chapter 26 — The Pont du Gard Inn
  28. Chapter 27 — The Story
  29. Volume Two
  30. Chapter 28 — The Prison Register
  31. Chapter 29 — The House of Morrel & Son
  32. Chapter 30 — The Fifth of September
  33. Chapter 31 — Italy: Sinbad the Sailor
  34. Chapter 32 — The Waking
  35. Chapter 33 — Roman Bandits
  36. Chapter 34 — The Colosseum
  37. Chapter 35 — La Mazzolata
  38. Chapter 36 — The Carnival at Rome
  39. Chapter 37 — The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
  40. Chapter 38 — The Rendezvous
  41. Chapter 39 — The Guests
  42. Chapter 40 — The Breakfast
  43. Chapter 41 — The Presentation
  44. Chapter 42 — Monsieur Bertuccio
  45. Chapter 43 — The House at Auteuil
  46. Chapter 44 — The Vendetta
  47. Chapter 45 — The Rain of Blood
  48. Chapter 46 — Unlimited Credit
  49. Chapter 47 — The Dappled Grays
  50. Volume Three
  51. Chapter 48 — Ideology
  52. Chapter 49 — Haydée
  53. Chapter 50 — The Morrel Family
  54. Chapter 51 — Pyramus and Thisbe
  55. Chapter 52 — Toxicology
  56. Chapter 53 — Robert le Diable
  57. Chapter 54 — A Flurry in Stocks
  58. Chapter 55 — Major Cavalcanti
  59. Chapter 56 — Andrea Cavalcanti
  60. Chapter 57 — In the Lucern Patch
  61. Chapter 58 — M. Noirtier de Villefort
  62. Chapter 59 — The Will
  63. Chapter 60 — The Telegraph
  64. Chapter 62 — Ghosts
  65. Chapter 63 — The Dinner
  66. Chapter 64 — The Beggar
  67. Chapter 65 — A Conjugal Scene
  68. Chapter 66 — Matrimonial Projects
  69. Chapter 67 — The Office of the King’s Attorney
  70. Chapter 68 — A Summer Ball
  71. Chapter 69 — The Inquiry
  72. Chapter 70 — The Ball
  73. Chapter 71 — Bread and Salt
  74. Chapter 72 — Madame de Saint-Méran
  75. Chapter 73 — The Promise
  76. Volume Four
  77. Chapter 74 — The Villefort Family Vault
  78. Chapter 75 — A Signed Statement
  79. Chapter 76 — Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger
  80. Chapter 77 — Haydée
  81. Chapter 78 — We hear from Yanina
  82. Chapter 79 — The Lemonade
  83. Chapter 80 — The Accusation
  84. Chapter 81 — The Room of the Retired Baker
  85. Chapter 82 — The Burglary
  86. Chapter 83 — The Hand of God
  87. Chapter 84 — Beauchamp
  88. Chapter 85 — The Journey
  89. Chapter 86 — The Trial
  90. Chapter 87 — The Challenge
  91. Chapter 88 — The Insult
  92. Chapter 89 — The Night
  93. Chapter 90 — The Meeting
  94. Chapter 91 — Mother and Son
  95. Chapter 92 — The Suicide
  96. Chapter 93 — Valentine
  97. Chapter 94 — Maximilian’s Avowal
  98. Chapter 95 — Father and Daughter
  99. Volume Five
  100. Chapter 96 — The Contract
  101. Chapter 97 — The Departure for Belgium
  102. Chapter 98 — The Bell and Bottle Tavern
  103. Chapter 99 — The Law
  104. Chapter 100 — The Apparition
  105. Chapter 101 — Locusta
  106. Chapter 102 — Valentine
  107. Chapter 103 — Maximilian
  108. Chapter 104 — Danglars’ Signature
  109. Chapter 105 — The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise
  110. Chapter 106 — Dividing the Proceeds
  111. Chapter 107 — The Lions’ Den
  112. Chapter 108 — The Judge
  113. Chapter 109 — The Assizes
  114. Chapter 110 — The Indictment
  115. Chapter 111 — Expiation
  116. Chapter 112 — The Departure
  117. Chapter 113 — The Past
  118. Chapter 114 — Peppino
  119. Chapter 115 — Luigi Vampa’s Bill of Fare
  120. Chapter 116 — The Pardon
  121. Chapter 117 — The Fifth of October
  122. Footnotes

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1802–1870 · Victorian

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