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.^ Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 44 .- Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 44 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.cleavebooks.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ With the publication of The Count of Monte Cristo , Dumas became famous worldwide.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers , as Dumas' most popular work.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844–45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This is the best and most concise guide to Dumas's work in English.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The writing of the work was completed in 1844.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ His most important collaborator was Auguste Maquet, a history professor.
[1]
.^ The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France).- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ For those of you who aren't familiar with this book, it takes place in the early 1800's in France.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ Dumas took part in the revolution in 1830 that placed the Duc d'Orleans on the French throne, as King Louis Philippe.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book.
.^ It is primarily concerned with themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, and is told in the style of an adventure story.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The theme of a man seeking vengeance occurs often in literature in stories such as Shakespeare's, Hamlet , Poe's, The Cask of Amontillado , and Herman Melville's, Moby Dick .
Background to the plot
.^ What is the Countess de Morcerf’s reaction when she meets the Count of Monte Cristo?- The Count Of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.slideshare.net [Source type: General]
^ Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 44 .- Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 44 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.cleavebooks.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
.^ Until his death Morrel constantly sought to discover the identity of his benefactor and came to suspect it was none other than Edmund.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas, Overview, Insights, Meaning, Plot, Commentary, Interpretation, Study, Edmund Dantes, Mercedes,revenge,strenght, weakness,,Abbe, Inner being, Evolving soul, the Psychic Being,Self,Psychology, Consciousness, Spirit, Spirituality, Character, Summary, Society, Growth, Evolution 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.gurusoftware.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Dumas got the idea for The Count of Monte Cristo from a true story, which he found in a memoir written by a man named Jacques Peuchet.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
[3] .^ Peuchet related the story of a shoemaker named Pierre Picaud, who was living in Paris in 1807.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In 1807 Picaud was a young shoemaker who was engaged to marry Marguerite Vigoroux.
^ Picaud was engaged to marry a rich woman, but four jealous friends falsely accused him of being a spy for England.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He was imprisoned for seven years.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ During his imprisonment a dying fellow prisoner bequeathed him a treasure hidden in Milan.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ During this time he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner who has been digging what he hoped would be a tunnel to freedom, but which leads instead to Dantès's cell.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A fellow prisoner tells him where to find treasure buried on a Mediterranean island called Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ When Picaud was released in 1814, he took possession of the treasure, returned under another name to Paris and spent ten years plotting his successful revenge against his former friends.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Peuchet related the story of a shoemaker named Pierre Picaud, who was living in Paris in 1807.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Picaud was freed in 1814 he began to travel under the assumed name, Joseph Lucher, and he started wearing numerous disguises.
.^ When Picaud was released in 1814, he took possession of the treasure, returned under another name to Paris and spent ten years plotting his successful revenge against his former friends.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The climax of the story is the success of the Count of Monte Cristo’s meticulous quest for revenge against the people responsible for robbing him of his happiness by sending him to prison.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ Ten years after his return to Marseilles, Dantès puts into action his plan for revenge.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
[4] .^ Peuchet related the story of a shoemaker named Pierre Picaud, who was living in Paris in 1807.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Peuchet related the story of a shoemaker named Francois Picaud, who was living in Paris in 1807.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Dumas got the idea for The Count of Monte Cristo from a true story, which he found in a memoir written by a man named Jacques Peuchet.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
This story, also quoted in the Pleiade edition, has obviously served as model for the chapter of the murders inside the Villefort family.
.^ He really has no life now, other than to seek revenge.
^ The other question: Dantes spends much of his life after prison seeking the people who tossed into the oubliette — not to get revenge but to punish them.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ Dumas is having us examine the most fundamental of beliefs, why we exist, what the purpose of life is, how we should treat others, and in what manner we should live our lives.
.^ After his escape from prison, Dantès (and the reader) first hear the fates of many of the characters from Caderousse.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Caderousse is somewhat different from the other members of the conspiracy in that it is what he does not do, rather than what he actually plans, that leads to Dantès' arrest.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Caderousse tells him the story of Dantès's arrest and what has happened since.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The hero is Edmond Dantes, who is a dashing young sailor when we first meet him.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ Is hope that keeps Dantès alive, even if to get back at those who done him wrong, in Château d'If.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ While he was imprisoned, Edmond Dantes vowed that he would have vengeance against the people who put him there.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
Historic background
.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ He is one of Albert's seconds in the duel with Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Description: Disney's take on Alexander Dumas's oft-told swashbuckling adventure of an escaped prisoner (Jim Caviezel) in Napoleonic France who wreaks his revenge on an old nemesis (Guy Pearce).- The Count of Monte Cristo - Theatrical Trailer | SPIKE 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
The attitude of Dumas towards the "bonapartisme" was extremely complicated and involved.
.^ Outside of France, the royal families of Europe were horrified to see common people executing kings and queens during the French Revolution.
^ Later, Franz engages to marry Valentine de Villefort, but he cancels the engagement when he discovers that Valentine's grandfather, Noirtier, was the man who killed his father, a royalist general, many years earlier.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mercedes who betrayed her oath never to marry any man but Edmund, is married to Fernand who betrays his oath of loyalty to Napolean (deserting to England during the 100 days) and Ali Pasha.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Alexandre Dumas' father had been a general in Napoleon's army.
^ Dumas's father died in 1806, leaving the family poor.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The royal family of France and those loyal to that family feared that, if Napoleon ever returned to France, it might be the end of all the monarchies in Europe.
.^ The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844–45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ PM isn't the count of monte cristo old live action movie Actually it is an old book by Alexandre Dumas.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Monte Cristo dazzles him with his seemingly endless wealth, eventually persuades him to extend him 6,000,000 francs credit, and withdraws nine hundred thousand.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (Signet Classics) isbn: 0451521951 format: Paperback [close] The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library Classics) isbn: 037576030X format: Paperback [close] The Count of Monte Cristo (Oxford World's Classics) isbn: 0192833952 format: Paperback [close] The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics) isbn: 0553213504 format: Paperback [close] The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) isbn: 014044615X format: Paperback More editions...- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ The protagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo is Edmond Dantes, a naïve but good-hearted sailor, who is falsely accused of treason.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ But honestly, it would have been a happier ending if they had followed the novel more closely during that last critical section.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The actual writing of the novel is 'not likely to have started before October 1845' and the manuscript was in the publisher Newby's hands 'during the months of early summer of 1847.'- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Maximilien had promised the Count that he would not kill himself for a month and, when the last day of that month arrived, the two men met on the island of Monte Cristo.
.^ This is the story of Edmond Dantès who had a bright future ahead at the moment he's imprisoned: he was about to be promoted and to marry the woman he loved so dearly.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
Louis Napoleon was imprisoned for lifetime, but he fled under disguise.
.^ Today we think of the events related as happening a long time ago but the novel was written as a contemporary story taking place in the time in which Dumas lived.
^ Dumas had also published another extremely successful novel, The Three Musketeers , in the same year.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ During the Pharaon's stop at Elba, Dantès spoke to Napoléon himself, who asked the sailor to deliver a confidential letter to a man in Paris.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and Louis XVIII returned to power, Dantes' father lost all hope and he died.
^ During Dantès's imprisonment, Villefort becomes the powerful Deputy Minister of France in Paris.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
In 1848, however, Dumas did not vote for Louis Napoleon, but the novel may have contributed – against the will of the writer – to the victory of the future Napoleon III.
A chronology of The Count of Monte Cristo and Bonapartism
The grandfather Dumas:
.^ Alexandre Dumas' father had been a general in Napoleon's army.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844–45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
1794: He disapproves of the revolutionary terror in Western France.
1795-97: He attains great celebrity. Is fighting under Napoleon.
1802: Black officers are dismissed from the army. The Empire has reestablished slavery.
.^ The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One of the most prolific writers of all time, Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts in France.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Stowe, Richard S., Alexandre Dumas (père) , Twayne World Authors Series, No.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
1806: Th. A. Dumas dies, still bitter towards the injustice of the Empire.
The father Dumas:
1832: The only son of Napoleon I dies.
1836: A. Dumas is already a famous writer.
1836: First
putsch of Louis Napoleon, aged 28. Fails completely.
1840: June. A law is passed to bring the ashes of Napoleon I to France.
1840: August. Second putsch of Louis Napoleon. He is imprisoned for lifetime and becomes known as the candidate for the imperial succession.
1841: Dumas lives in Florence and is acquainted with the King Jérôme and his son, Napoléon.
1841-44: The novel is conceived and written.
1846: The novel is a European bestseller.
1846: Louis Napoleon escapes from his prison.
.^ The monarchy is succeeded by the Second Republic, which lasts from 1848 to 1852.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Louis Napoleon is elected its first president but Dumas does not vote for him.
1857: Dumas publishes État civil du Comte de Monte-Cristo
Plot summary
Edmond Dantès
.^ Mercédès Herrera is a beautiful young girl in Marseilles who is engaged to marry Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One of the crew is a young sailor named Edmond Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A young sailor, Edmond Dantès, engaged to be married to the beautiful Mercédès, is accused of a crime he has not committed by a man in love with his fiancée.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ During the Pharaon's stop at Elba, Dantès spoke to Napoléon himself, who asked the sailor to deliver a confidential letter to a man in Paris.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Captain Leclére, a supporter of the now exiled Napoléon, had charged Dantès on his deathbed to deliver a package to former Grand Marshal Maréchal Bertrand, who had been exiled to the isle of Elba.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Dantes delivered the letter to Elba he was given another letter to deliver to a man in Paris.
.^ Danglars writes an anonymous letter to the crown prosecutor accusing Dantès of being a Bonapartist, that is, a traitor to the Royalists who are in power.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When he learns that Mercédès is to marry Dantès, he mails the letter Danglars has written to the authorities accusing Dantès of being a Bonapartist conspirator.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He is envious of Dantès and writes a note falsely accusing him of being a Bonapartist conspirator, causing Dantès to be imprisoned.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ His promotion to captain offends the ship's purser, Danglars; his windfall stuns his neighbor, the impoverished tailor Caderousse; his relationship with Mercédès inspires the jealousy of her cousin Fernand Mondego, who wants Mercédès for his own.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But Mercédès tells Albert the whole story of Dantès' betrayal by Fernand, and Albert apologizes to Monte Cristo before the duel begins.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Fernand Mondego — Later known as the Count de Morcerf .- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Villefort, the deputy crown prosecutor in Marseille, assumes the duty of investigating the matter on Dantès' wedding day and on the day of his own betrothal to Renee de Saint-Meran; he indeed finds an incriminating letter.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monsieur de Villefort is the twenty-seven-year-old deputy public prosecutor in Marseilles who sends Dantès to prison unjustly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The deputy crown prosecutor burns the letter, which has the potential to fatally hinder his success.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It is Maximilian Morrel’s love of Valentine Villefort that saves her life, as much as it is Dantès’ love of Maximilian’s father.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ He is responsible for imprisoning Edmond Dantès to save his aspirations for his career.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Also, Villefort has not just sacrificed Dantes to protect his father, Noirtier.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ During this time he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner who has been digging what he hoped would be a tunnel to freedom, but which leads instead to Dantès's cell.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And what of his own sufferings during his fourteen-year imprisonment?- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Abbé Faria is a learned and resourceful priest imprisoned in the Château d'If.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Faria had been imprisoned for proposing a united Italy.
.^ Luigi refused to turn him in despite the offer of a big reward.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He offered him wealth and power, but without Valentine, life and the treasures that it might contain meant nothing to the young man.
^ Jacopo was good to him and Jacopo was rewarded with something purchased with a small part of God's treasure.
.^ The old man, a gifted scholar as well as a priest, provides Edmond with a comprehensive education in subjects including languages, history, economics, philosophy, and mathematics.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Becomes the surrogate father of Edmond, while imprisoned, digging a tunnel to freedom he educates Edmond in languages, and all the current sciences (including chemistry which comes to his aid greatly during his revenge plan) and is the figurative father of the Count of Monte Cristo.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Abbe Faria began to teach Dantes history, foreign languages, math, and other subjects.
.^ Knowing that he would soon die, Faria confides in Dantès the location of a great cache of treasure on the Italian islet of Monte Cristo.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in serial form, and was a huge success.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo knows this from his servant Bertuccio, who had a grudge against Villefort and tried to kill him at that house.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Edmond Dantès, a 19-year-old sailor aboard the ship Pharaon, returns home to Marseille.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Dantès soon begins his own tunnel to reach that of his fellow prisoner, the Abbé Faria, an Italian priest whose escape tunnel has strayed in the wrong direction.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Dantes is rescued from the sea after his escape from prison by the sudden wreck of a fishing boat and the passing of a smugglers’ ship.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The protagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo is Edmond Dantes, a naïve but good-hearted sailor, who is falsely accused of treason.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ Pretty much everyone knows what The Count of Monte Cristo is about, so this isn't going to be a rehash of the plot, but rather the feelings that I had while reading it.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ Of course, there is just enough of a similarity between the vampire myth and Monte Cristo to make the allusion work.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Monte Cristo dazzles him with his seemingly endless wealth, eventually persuades him to extend him 6,000,000 francs credit, and withdraws nine hundred thousand.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Albert blames Monte Cristo for his father's downfall and publicly challenges him to a duel, she goes secretly to Monte Cristo and begs him to spare her son.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He makes his way to Monte Cristo and discovers the treasure.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In return he asked Jacopo to go to Marseilles and seek news of his father and Mercedes.
^ But when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and Louis XVIII returned to power, Dantes' father lost all hope and he died.
.^ Escaping from prison, Dantès finds the treasure, buys himself the title of Count, and returns to France to put into effect his long-nurtured schemes of revenge.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ Becomes the surrogate father of Edmond, while imprisoned, digging a tunnel to freedom he educates Edmond in languages, and all the current sciences (including chemistry which comes to his aid greatly during his revenge plan) and is the figurative father of the Count of Monte Cristo.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo dazzles him with his seemingly endless wealth, eventually persuades him to extend him 6,000,000 francs credit, and withdraws nine hundred thousand.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The protagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo is Edmond Dantes, a naïve but good-hearted sailor, who is falsely accused of treason.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ Ten years after his return to Marseilles, Dantès puts into action his plan for revenge.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He was put into a row boat and taken to Chateau d'If, the infamous prison, from which few men returned.
^ Escaping from prison, Dantès finds the treasure, buys himself the title of Count, and returns to France to put into effect his long-nurtured schemes of revenge.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ He is responsible for imprisoning Edmond Dantès to save his aspirations for his career.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Abbé Busoni — The persona that Edmond puts forth when he needs deep trust from others because the name itself demands respect via religious authority.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Traveling in disguise under the alias of the Abbe Busoni, Monte Cristo first meets Caderousse, now living in poverty, supposedly being punished by God for his jealousy and cowardice in not acting to save Dantès.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ With his last breath Caderousse states that he now believed in God.
^ Traveling in disguise under the alias of the Abbe Busoni, Monte Cristo first meets Caderousse, now living in poverty, supposedly being punished by God for his jealousy and cowardice in not acting to save Dantès.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Dantes believed, at that time, that Caderousse was a true friend (a view he would change later) and for the second time he plays God by rewarding a person he believes to be good.
.^ Playing on Caderousse's greed, Monte Cristo learns about what has happened since his arrest, and how his other enemies have all become wealthy and prosperous.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Caderousse is somewhat different from the other members of the conspiracy in that it is what he does not do, rather than what he actually plans, that leads to Dantès' arrest.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ How convenient that the Count kicked the bucket, because now he doesn't have to deal with the emptiness of his victory over his enemies, or understand the pointlessness of it all.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Since Caderousse has already been punished to some extent, Monte Cristo gives him a diamond that can be either a chance to redeem himself, or a trap that will lead his greed to ruin him.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Luckily, the Abbe Bussoni corroborated his story by saying that a diamond that had been given to him by a prisoner named Edmond Dantes and passed on to Caderousse.
^ Unlike the other members of the conspiracy, Monte Cristo offers Caderousse a chance to redeem himself, but the latter's greed proves his undoing.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Luckily, the Abbe Bussoni corroborated his story by saying that a diamond that had been given to him by a prisoner named Edmond Dantes and passed on to Caderousse.
^ After escaping from prison, Dantes in disguise as the Abbe Busoni meets Caderousse and tries to reward the outer action by presenting Caderousse with the diamond.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Bertuccio also tells the count that he was a witness to a murder committed by Caderousse and his wife, who killed the jeweler who came to buy a diamond.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Caderousse's greed leads him into murder, until Monte Cristo frees him and gives him another chance at redemption.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Busoni pointed out that time and time again God had lifted Caderousse out of poverty and saved him from bad situations.
^ Does Monte Cristo give him the diamond in genuine appreciation, or is it to test him, knowing that Caderousse's greed will get the better of him?- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He does not take it, and becomes a career criminal.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ All of the ships Morrel's company owned, except for the Pharaon, had been lost at sea and Morrel was on the verge of bankruptcy.
^ Morrel has suffered many losses at sea and is on the verge of bankruptcy.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Between 1825 and 1830, his firm undergoes critical financial reverses due to the loss of all of his ships at sea, and he is at the point of bankruptcy and suicide when Monte Cristo (in the guise of an English clerk from the financial firm of Thompson and French) sets events in motion which not only save Pierre Morrel's reputation and honor but also his life.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He is about to commit suicide when his daughter Julie brings proof that all his debts have been paid by a mysterious benefactor, who has also given Morrel a diamond for his daughter's dowry.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Edmond Dantès, a 19-year-old sailor aboard the ship Pharaon, returns home to Marseille.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It contained Morrel's notes and they had all been marked 'paid'.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The story then moves forward nine years.
.^ With the publication of The Count of Monte Cristo , Dumas became famous worldwide.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He reinvents himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, a mysterious, fabulously rich aristocrat.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The protagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo is Edmond Dantes, a naïve but good-hearted sailor, who is falsely accused of treason.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ Baron Franz d'Epinay and Viscount Albert de Morcerf, son of Fernand and Mercedes Morcerf, were vacationing in Rome at the time of carnival.
^ He surfaces first in Rome, where he becomes acquainted with Franz d'Epinay, a young aristocrat, and Albert de Morcerf, Mercédès's and Mondego's son.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Baron Franz d'Epinay — A friend of Albert de Morcerf, he is the first fiancé of Valentine de Villefort.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Then Franz was informed that Albert had been captured by the famous Italian bandit, Luigi Vampa.
.^ Albert de Morcerf .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He subsequently moves to Paris, where he becomes the sensation of the city.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Le Baron de Château-Renaud — Another friend of Albert de Morcerf.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Due to his knowledge and rhetorical power, even his enemies find him charming, and because of his status, they all want to be his friend.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The hero is Edmond Dantes, who is a dashing young sailor when we first meet him.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
^ I know Edmond Dantes was greatly wronged and I'm sure everyone will agree that those who wronged him deserved punishment.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ Monte Cristo next meets Danglars, who is now a rich banker.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo then meets Danglars, who has become a banker.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo meets Fernand, who is now the Count of Morcef.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Monte Cristo dazzles him with his seemingly endless wealth, eventually persuades him to extend him 6,000,000 francs credit, and withdraws nine hundred thousand.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Albert blames Monte Cristo for his father's downfall and publicly challenges him to a duel, she goes secretly to Monte Cristo and begs him to spare her son.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Eventually, when Danglars has only fifty thousand francs left, Monte Cristo forgives him, but Danglars is completely shattered by his financial ruin and his hair turns white.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Under the terms of the arrangement, Monte Cristo can demand access to the remainder of the six million francs (5,100,000 francs) at any time.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He had put his faith in Monte Cristo's promise and for the first time Monte Cristo had failed him.
^ At about this time the Count of Monte Cristo arrived.
.^ The Count manipulates the bond market and quickly destroys a large portion of Danglars' fortune.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Then the Count and Lucien Debray discussed Monsieur Danglars recent profits in the stock market.
^ In addition, I know Danglars didn't get it as bad as Villefort or Morcerf, but that's not because Dante was more merciful.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Meanwhile, Monte Cristo haunts Villefort with his past affair with Danglars' wife and the son they had.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Albert blames Monte Cristo for his father's downfall and publicly challenges him to a duel, she goes secretly to Monte Cristo and begs him to spare her son.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Befriends Monte Cristo in Rome; viewed by Monte Cristo as the son that should have been his with Mercédès.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Villefort had buried the child, thinking it was stillborn.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When the child was born, Villefort thought it was stillborn or smothered it (?- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Villefort buried him at birth, believing he was dead.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ They meet Dantès, who has given himself the name Count of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ As a grown man, the son enters Paris in disguise as Prince Andrea Cavalcanti (sponsored by the Count) and cons Danglers into betrothing his daughter.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Caderousse blackmails Andrea, threatening to reveal his past, and Andrea murders Caderousse.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He burgles Monte Cristo's house, but Monte Cristo, disguised as the Abbé Busoni, catches him in the act.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo, in the guise of Abbé Busoni, manages to arrange his release.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Albert blames Monte Cristo for his father's downfall and publicly challenges him to a duel, she goes secretly to Monte Cristo and begs him to spare her son.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Danglars was allowed to leave with what money he had left.
^ Abbe Busoni then allowed Caderousse to leave.
^ Analyze the role Caderousse plays in the writing of the letter accusing Dantes, and Monte Cristo's visit to him after the prison escape.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ As Caderousse dies, Monte Cristo reveals his real identity.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Caderousse's greed is the death of him when he is murdered by a confederate - actually the illegitimate son of Villefort (see below) - while trying to rob Monte Cristo's house.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Unlike the other members of the conspiracy, Monte Cristo offers Caderousse a chance to redeem himself, but the latter's greed proves his undoing.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ A newspaper story had been published saying that Albert's father, the Count de Morcerf, had surrendered the castles of Ali Pasha to the Turks back in the days when he was Fernand Mondego, a French officer.
^ Mercedes who betrayed her oath never to marry any man but Edmund, is married to Fernand who betrays his oath of loyalty to Napolean (deserting to England during the 100 days) and Ali Pasha.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Haydée is the daughter of Ali Pasha, who was betrayed by de Morcef.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ After his death, she and her mother were sold into slavery.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Villefort shows Dantès his dead wife and son, and becomes insane.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Haydee, Ali Pasha's daughter, declared that the Count de Morcerf had betrayed her father and murdered him and then sold her and her mother into slavery.
.^ The Count manipulates Danglars into researching the event, which is published in a newspaper.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count manipulates the bond market and quickly destroys a large portion of Danglars' fortune.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He had heard that Monsieur Danglars had been making inquiries into what happened in Yanina, but when Albert confronted Danglars, Danglars told him that it was the Count of Monte Cristo who suggested that he do it.
.^ As a result, Fernand is brought to trial for his crimes.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Haydée testifies against him, and Fernand is disgraced.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Haydée testifies against de Morcerf at his trial, which ensures his conviction.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A similar betrayal in Fernand’s past is resuscitated in part by the Count and rises up to disgrace him permanently.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ She alone recognizes Monte Cristo.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Befriends Monte Cristo in Rome; viewed by Monte Cristo as the son that should have been his with Mercédès.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The revenge theme drives the entire narrative, and Dantès, as Monte Cristo, pursues it patiently and ruthlessly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Befriends Monte Cristo in Rome; viewed by Monte Cristo as the son that should have been his with Mercédès.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo said that he intended to save him just as he had saved his father.
^ Albert realizes that Monte Cristo arranged for his father's disgrace and challenges him to a duel.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ This scene is very similar to the real-life incident were Francois Picaud visited his old friend, Allut, and learned the truth about why he was imprisoned.
.^ During this interview, she learns the entire truth about why Edmond Dantès had been arrested and imprisoned, and later to save both Monte Cristo and Albert reveals the truth to Albert, which causes Albert to make a public apology to Monte Cristo.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Albert blames Monte Cristo for his father's downfall and publicly challenges him to a duel, she goes secretly to Monte Cristo and begs him to spare her son.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo understood Albert's need for vengeance.
.^ Albert and Mercédès disown Fernand, who subsequently commits suicide.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In the book, dantes brings down fernand and villefort by discovering subsequent crimes they committed, and effecting that these crimes come to light, destroying them in public.- The Count of Monte Cristo Movie Review Board 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.the-movie-times.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Fernand Mondego (Count de Morcerf) committed suicide when he was exposed for what he really was.
.^ Albert and his mother wanted to leave and start a new life without the Count de Morcerf.
.^ The mother and son depart to build a new life free of disgrace, he to Africa as a soldier to rebuild his life and honor under a new family name Herrera given to him by his mother, and she to a solitary life back in Marseilles.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But Mercédès tells Albert the whole story of Dantès' betrayal by Fernand, and Albert apologizes to Monte Cristo before the duel begins.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mercédès leaves her disgraced husband for a life of poverty, while Albert renounces his name and fortune.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Renée de Saint-Méran becomes Villefort's first wife and the mother of Valentine.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Héloïse de Villefort is Villefort's second wife, and the mother of Edouard.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The first was Monsieur Saint Meran, the father of Villefort's first wife.
.^ This was because the Count of Monte Cristo believed him to be innocent of the crime he was charged with and he bought his freedom.
^ "The problem of innocent suffering does not trouble Monte Cristo (at least not until the death of Edouard), even though his revenge wreaks devastation on whole families."- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The problem of innocent suffering does not trouble Monte Cristo (at least not until the death of Edouard), even though his revenge wreaks devastation on whole families.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ She is in love with Maximilien, but she falls victim to the poison plot of her stepmother, who wants Valentine's inheritance to end up with her son Edouard.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Madame Villefort schemes to arrange an inheritance for her son Edouard by poisoning her father and mother-in-law, and attempting to poison Noirtier and Valentine.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ She poisons the Marquis and Marquise de Saint-Méran, and Valentine, as part of her plot to ensure an inheritance for her son.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ But the Villefort family, except for Valentine's grandfather, Noirtier, want her to marry Franz d'Epinay.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Valentine informed her grandfather that she did not want to marry Franz and Noirtier through eye signals told her to send for a notary.
^ Now Monsieur Villefort and his wife told Noirtier that Valentine was going to be promised in marriage to Franz d'Epinay, the son of the man Noirtier killed and that, after the wedding, Noirtier would be sent to live with them.
.^ Franz's father was killed in a duel by Monsieur Noirtier de Villefort.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Now Monsieur Villefort and his wife told Noirtier that Valentine was going to be promised in marriage to Franz d'Epinay, the son of the man Noirtier killed and that, after the wedding, Noirtier would be sent to live with them.
^ Rita’s father came and learning the facts killed himself.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Noirtier revised his will a second time, reinstating Valentine as his sole heir.
Héloïse then targets Valentine, so that Édouard will finally get the fortune.
.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ She and her husband are poisoned by Madame Héloïse de Villefort.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Likewise, Madame de Villefort’s love of her son directs her toward her poisoning scheme.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
.^ On being found out by her husband and told to commit suicide or face prosecution, she chooses suicide, and she also murders her son.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ She and her husband are poisoned by Madame Héloïse de Villefort.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And, finally, as Villefort prepares to deliver to his wife the ultimatum that she must commit suicide or face public trial and execution, the same motif infects the father's last meeting with his son, whom Mme.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He even tries to console Villefort by telling him Valentine is still alive, but he's already too far gone.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Now Dantes realized why Villefort had burned the letter and why he had him locked away in a dungeon.
^ At his trial, he explains that he is the son of Villefort, the man who is prosecuting him.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ One night, when Villefort was burying a small box in his garden, Bertuccio attacked him with a knife.
^ He even tries to console Villefort by telling him Valentine is still alive, but he's already too far gone.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ At his trial, he explains that he is the son of Villefort, the man who is prosecuting him.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Villefort admits his guilt and flees the court.
.^ The moment when Villefort ran to stop his wife from suicide was the most heart-wrenching incident in literature, or perhaps the moment when he found them dead.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He returned home to find his wife and son leaving him.
^ Villefort goes home and finds his wife has committed suicide and also killed their son Edouard.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Dantès confronts Villefort.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Then he reveals to Danglars his true identity as Edmond Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Villefort shows Dantès his dead wife and son, and becomes insane.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Dantès tries to resuscitate Edward, fails, and is remorseful that his revenge has gone too far.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He even tries to console Villefort by telling him Valentine is still alive, but he's already too far gone.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It is only when he is sure that his cause is just and his conscience is clear, that he can fulfill his plan.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Dantès comes to terms with his own humanity and is finally able to forgive both his enemies and himself.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Count manipulates the bond market and quickly destroys a large portion of Danglars' fortune.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After a few months, all Danglars is left with is a good reputation and five million francs he is about to repay to a hospital.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But now Debray's advice to Madame Danglars about the Spanish bonds had cost her husband 700,000 francs and this was a matter that took precedence over fooling around.
.^ The Count asks for the five million to fulfill their credit agreement.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Danglars had received a letter from the firm of Thomson and French instructing his firm to offer unlimited credit to the Count.
^ Monsieur Danglars had fled to Rome with the Count's notes of credit from Thomson and French for five million francs.
.^ Danglars flees to Rome to redeem the note for cash and live in anonymous prosperity.- Count of Monte Cristo - Human Science - a Wikia wiki 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC humanscience.wikia.com [Source type: Original source]
However, he is kidnapped by the Count's agent. Danglars is imprisoned the same way that Dantès was.
.^ Shortly thereafter, Baron Danglars was about to pay five million francs to the hospital fund that was due to them.
^ But now Debray's advice to Madame Danglars about the Spanish bonds had cost her husband 700,000 francs and this was a matter that took precedence over fooling around.
^ Monsieur Danglars had fled to Rome with the Count's notes of credit from Thomson and French for five million francs.
Nearly driven mad by his ordeal, Danglars finally repents his crimes.
.^ Danglars was allowed to leave with what money he had left.
^ When the gentleman who represented the interests of the French hospitals showed up, Danglars asked him if could possibly wait until tomorrow to collect the money.
^ He tells Danglars that he forgives him, because Monte Cristo himself is in need of forgiveness for what he has done.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It was clear that Morrel was contemplating suicide.
^ After Valentine's funeral the Count followed Maximilien home.
^ The Count, knowing that Maximilien was probably contemplating suicide, broke the glass, entered, and told Maximilien he would not allow him to kill himself.
.^ Then he reveals to Danglars his true identity as Edmond Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Upon hearing this, Maximilien Morrel brought up the fact that his father's shipping company was saved from bankruptcy by Thompson and French.
^ Morcerf is disgraced when it is revealed that many years ago, when he was in the French army, he betrayed his benefactor, Ali Pasha, and sold Ali Pasha's wife and daughter into slavery.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Count made him promise to delay his suicide for one month and, if at the end of that time, he was not happy the Count would help him to kill himself.
.^ Monte Cristo saves Valentine's life and arranges for her to be united with Maximilien.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Maximilien went to Monte Cristo for advice.
^ Up until this point Monte Cristo had looked at her as the daughter of his enemy and only wanted to save her life because his friend, Maximilien Morrel, loved her.
.^ He was found by Bertuccio, who raised him.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He returned home to find his wife and son leaving him.
Characters
There are a large number of characters in the book, and the importance of many of them is not immediately obvious. Furthermore, their fates are often so interwoven that their stories overlap significantly.
.^ Dumas had so many characters in this novel, yet he was able to make each one unique and portray them in such a way that we, the readers, understand them and their motivations.- The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.goodreads.com [Source type: General]
Character relationships in
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantès and his aliases
.^ He promotes Dantès to captain of the Pharaon .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Morrel, the shipowner, promotes him to captain, and he is about to marry a beautiful girl named Mercédès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A man of academic restraint, he may well not have had much taste for the robust ripping yarns of the creator of D'Artagnan and Edmond Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ They meet Dantès, who has given himself the name Count of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo has often been adapted for film.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ During this time he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner who has been digging what he hoped would be a tunnel to freedom, but which leads instead to Dantès's cell.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ During Dantès's imprisonment, Villefort becomes the powerful Deputy Minister of France in Paris.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It lasted only one hundred days.
^ In the book, he not only brings down the 4 people who did him in (one of whom is left out of the movie entirely), but helps a number of people (mainly children of both villians and good people) whose lives are being destroyed by his own nemeses, so he is doling out both good to good people, and deserved exposure of bad people--the part about helping the good people is completely expunged from the movie.- The Count of Monte Cristo Movie Review Board 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.the-movie-times.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He said he was in too much pain to travel and asked that his companions leave him some rations and pick him up when they sailed back in that direction.
The gaoler passed the request of prisoner No.
.^ During this time he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner who has been digging what he hoped would be a tunnel to freedom, but which leads instead to Dantès's cell.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monsieur de Boville also happened to mention to him the case of Edmond Dantes, a prisoner who had drown while attempting to escape.
^ Villefort told the king he had been watching Edmond Dantes for quite some time and that Dantes had confessed to being involved in a plot to return Napoleon to the throne.
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.^ He sees himself as the agent of divine Providence.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Danglars had received a letter from the firm of Thomson and French instructing his firm to offer unlimited credit to the Count.
^ The scene then shifted to Marseilles, where an Englishman, Lord Wilmore, who claimed to be the head clerk for a firm called Thompson and French presented himself to Monsieur de Boville, the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
.^ Edmond Dantes became the Count of Monte Cristo and, when the need presented itself, he would dawn disguises to become the Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, or Sinbad the Sailor.
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ Edmond will soon give up the most basic human pleasures, love, friendship, and companionship, in order to carry out what he believes to be God's plan.
This persona is marked by a pale countenance and a smile which can be diabolical or angelic. Educated and mysterious, this alias is trusted in Paris and fascinates the people.
- Lord Wilmore — The English persona in which Dantès performs seemingly random acts of generosity. The Englishman is eccentric and refuses to speak French. .
- Sinbad the Sailor — The persona that Edmond assumes when he saves the Morrel family.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ Lord Wilmore was kind and generous.
^ Edmond Dantes became the Count of Monte Cristo and, when the need presented itself, he would dawn disguises to become the Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, or Sinbad the Sailor.
.^ The purse also contained a large diamond and a note explaining that the diamond was Julie's dowry.
^ Dantes' use of the red silk purse is a physical application of the philosophy contained in this passage.
^ But before Morrel could complete his plans, Julie arrived with the red silk purse.
(Sinbad the sailor is the common English translation of the original French Simbad le marin.)
- Abbé Busoni — The persona that Edmond puts forth when he needs deep trust from others because the name itself demands respect via religious authority.
- Monsieur Zaccone — Dantès, in the guise of both Abbé Busoni and Lord Wilmore, told an investigator sent by Villefort that this was the Count of Monte Cristo's true name.
Dantès' allies
.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ Monte Cristo said that he intended to save him just as he had saved his father.
^ Abbé Faria is a learned and resourceful priest imprisoned in the Château d'If.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ KiraraKim 09-11-2006, 08:32 PM And the search for the perfect adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo goes on, apparently.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Edmond Dantes became the Count of Monte Cristo and, when the need presented itself, he would dawn disguises to become the Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, or Sinbad the Sailor.
.^ Bertuccio then enters the service of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ KiraraKim 09-11-2006, 08:32 PM And the search for the perfect adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo goes on, apparently.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If heaven is the state of eternal happiness than Caderousse, who was never able to find satisfaction in this world, would not be allowed to know it in the next.
.^ Being a Corsican, Bertuccio sworn vendetta against Villefort.
^ Years ago, when Bertuccio's brother was murdered, Villefort was the public prosecutor.
^ Monsieur de Villefort .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Bertuccio saved the infant's life and raised him as Benedetto.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One night, when Villefort was burying a small box in his garden, Bertuccio attacked him with a knife.
^ Monte Cristo knows this from his servant Bertuccio, who had a grudge against Villefort and tried to kill him at that house.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He burgles Monte Cristo's house, but Monte Cristo, disguised as the Abbé Busoni, catches him in the act.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo, in the guise of Abbé Busoni, manages to arrange his release.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo lets him go but Caderousse is then murdered by his accomplice, Andrea Cavalcanti.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Peppino is a member of Luigi Vampa's gang of bandits.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He then saves Albert, who has been kidnapped by bandits led by the notorious Luigi Vampa.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Luigi Vampa is a notorious bandit leader in Rome who is responsible for kidnapping Albert de Morcerf.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ After the grim execution of justice, the love of Maximilien and Valentine, and of Monte Cristo and Haydée, shows that love will triumph in the end.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He releases Albert on the instructions of Monte Cristo, to whom he owes friendship because the Count once declined to hand Vampa over to the authorities when he had the opportunity.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo uses the influence his wealth buys to save a man named Peppino from execution.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ KiraraKim 09-11-2006, 08:32 PM And the search for the perfect adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo goes on, apparently.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo - Introductions .- The Count of Monte Cristo - Theatrical Trailer | SPIKE 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
.^ She remained a slave until the Count of Monte Cristo bought her and her mother and freed them.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books, and one that's been ill-treated by the movie industry, which has churned out bad adaptations of it.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ "The problem of innocent suffering does not trouble Monte Cristo (at least not until the death of Edouard), even though his revenge wreaks devastation on whole families."- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
She lives in seclusion by her own choice, but is usually very aware of everything that is happening outside. She usually goes to local operas accompanied by the Count.
.^ Fernand Mondego became the Count de Morcerf.
^ Count de Morcerf .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Haydée testifies against de Morcerf at his trial, which ensures his conviction.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Ali is Monte Cristo's mute valet.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But this does not cut any ice with Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ KiraraKim 09-11-2006, 08:32 PM And the search for the perfect adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo goes on, apparently.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
He is completely loyal and utterly devoted to the Count.
.^ Ali is Monte Cristo's mute valet.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Now there was only the Count of Monte Cristo and Madame de Morcerf.
.^ Bertuccio then enters the service of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Always flamboyant, he built a mansion for himself called Château de Monte Cristo on the outskirts of Paris.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ For The Count of Monte Cristo Maquet provided the chapter plans and did the historical research.
That is, when buying cosmetics or other supplies for his employer, he was inflating the price and pocketing the difference.
Morcerf family
.^ A wrongly imprisoned man (Jim Caviezel) begins to plan his escape.Disney's take on Alexander Dumas'...- The Count of Monte Cristo - Theatrical Trailer | SPIKE 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
^ Up until this point, the question of whether or not it was right for Edmond Dantes to embark on his plan for revenge had not been broached.
.^ Eighteen months later, she agrees to marry Fernand, but she never ceases to love Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ She believed Edmond to be dead.
^ The fact that only Mercedes recognized Edmond Dantes along with the picture of her looking out at the sea for her lost love (whom she thought was dead) indicate that Mercedes love for Edmond was true and that, even though she married Fernand Mondego, she still loved Dantes.
Thus, she lives as Mme. the
.^ Albert de Morcerf is the son of the Count and Countess de Morcerf.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Countess de Morcerf .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Baron Franz d'Epinay and Viscount Albert de Morcerf, son of Fernand and Mercedes Morcerf, were vacationing in Rome at the time of carnival.
.^ "'You won't have long to love him', replied the Count.
.^ In fact, Maximilien and Valentine's love story is destined to end happily.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After the grim execution of justice, the love of Maximilien and Valentine, and of Monte Cristo and Haydée, shows that love will triumph in the end.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Fernand Mondego (Count de Morcerf) committed suicide when he was exposed for what he really was.
^ Fernand Mondego is a fisherman from Marseilles who is in love with Mercédès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Fernand Mondego became the Count de Morcerf.
Edmond's rival and suitor for Mercédès; will do anything to get her, including bearing false witness against Edmond. He is overall a representation of evil, as he lies and betrays throughout his military career for his own personal gain.
.^ Fernand Mondego (Count de Morcerf) committed suicide when he was exposed for what he really was.
^ In disgrace, de Morcerf shoots himself.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Albert de Morcerf .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ But this does not cut any ice with Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Maximilien Morrel is the son of Morrel the shipowner.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Maximilien went to Monte Cristo for advice.
At the end, he realizes his father's crimes and, along with his mother Mercédès, abandons him and his name.
Danglars family
.^ Dantes served as first mate of the ship, Pharaon.
^ Morrel then went to see Danglars, who owed him a favor.
^ He is innocent, but has been entrapped by a plot hatched by Danglars, a fellow sailor who is jealous of Dantès's promotion, and Fernand, who was his rival for the love of Mercédès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
He also developed a grudge against Dantès, with whom he has had some arguments regarding the accuracy of his accounting. The source of his wealth is not clear but is possibly due to unscrupulous financial dealings while in the French army and has reportedly been multiplied by speculation and marriage.
.^ Really good story, even though there were several changes from the original.- The Count Of Monte Cristo [2002] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.cinemaclock.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Each remake must have a slightly different perspective whilst still staying with the general boundary lines of the original story, otherwise, why film it again?- The Count Of Monte Cristo [2002] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.cinemaclock.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It is only inevitable that following these very two different entities will tell a very different tale.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Benedetto is the son of de Villefort and Madame Danglars.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Strangelove 09-13-2006, 04:20 PM Compl3x It's a good point that Dantes took away what is a most precious to Danglars but in the end, Morcerf is dead, Villefort is insane, and Danglars is penniless but alive.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The only way this could go wrong is if the Count and Haydee don't end up together.- Count of Monte Cristo [Archive] - Anime Academy Lounge 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.animeacademy.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Danglars had married a wealthy woman and made millions from investing.
.^ But now Debray's advice to Madame Danglars about the Spanish bonds had cost her husband 700,000 francs and this was a matter that took precedence over fooling around.
^ Monsieur Danglars had fled to Rome with the Count's notes of credit from Thomson and French for five million francs.
^ The next day Debray notified Madame Danglars that the deposed King of Spain had escaped and was attempting to regain the throne.
.^ Andrea, who was to be married to Eugénie Danglars, is arrested for murder.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Albert de Morcerf .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Andrea becomes engaged to Eugénie Danglars, but he is then arrested for the murder of Caderousse.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Eugénie, who never wanted to marry him, disguises herself as a man and runs off with her friend Louise d'Armilly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ She is horrified at the thought of marriage and is pleased when her fiancé, Andrea Cavalcanti, is arrested for murder.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Deciding to live independently, she disguises herself as a man and runs away with her friend, Louise d'Armilly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Shakespeareans may also recognize in the flight of Eugénie and her friend Louise, in which Eugénie disguises herself as a man, an echo of Rosalind and Celia fleeing to the forest of Arden in As You Like It .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Eugénie, who never wanted to marry him, disguises herself as a man and runs off with her friend Louise d'Armilly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Some people interpret this as suggesting a Lesbian relationship between Eugénie and Louise, however in this time period prior to the Invention of
Central Heating, it was common for people to sleep in the same bed solely for the benefit of mutual warmth and with no sexual intent.
Villefort family
.^ Monsieur Noirtier is Villefort's father.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He openly denounced his father's loyalty to Napoleon for his own social advancement.
He is responsible for imprisoning Edmond Dantès to protect his political aspirations.
.^ Madame Villefort wanted Valentine's inheritance to go to her son, Edouard.
^ Edouard de Villefort is the Villeforts' young son.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The first was Monsieur Saint Meran, the father of Villefort's first wife.
.^ The first was Monsieur Saint Meran, the father of Villefort's first wife.
^ There were two children in the Villefort household; Valentine, Monsieur Villefort's daughter by his first marriage was in her late teens, and Edouard, Madame Villefort's son by a previous marriage, who was much younger.
^ At about this time Valentine de Villefort started to become ill.
.^ Upon hearing this, Maximilien Morrel brought up the fact that his father's shipping company was saved from bankruptcy by Thompson and French.
^ Up until this point Monte Cristo had looked at her as the daughter of his enemy and only wanted to save her life because his friend, Maximilien Morrel, loved her.
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Valentine is the quintessential (
French, nineteenth century) female: beautiful, docile, and loving.
.^ Monsieur Noirtier was Villefort's father but Dantes did not know that.
^ The Public Prosecutor, Monsieur Villefort was forced to admit that he was Benedetto's father.
^ Villefort's father, Monsieur Noirtier, was a dedicated follower of Napoleon.
.^ Fate, in the form of Dumas, has provided Maximilien and Valentine with a larger opening through which to communicate.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Valentine informed her grandfather that she did not want to marry Franz and Noirtier through eye signals told her to send for a notary.
^ The day after this happened Noirtier's servant, Barrois, drank a glass of lemonade that was meant for Monsieur Noirtier and quickly died.
.^ Baron Franz d'Epinay and Viscount Albert de Morcerf, son of Fernand and Mercedes Morcerf, were vacationing in Rome at the time of carnival.
^ Now Monsieur Villefort and his wife told Noirtier that Valentine was going to be promised in marriage to Franz d'Epinay, the son of the man Noirtier killed and that, after the wedding, Noirtier would be sent to live with them.
^ But Valentine was busy complaining to Eugenie, the daughter of Monsieur Danglars, that her father, Monsieur Villefort, was trying to marry her off to Franz d' Epinay.
.^ It is this situation, in which a restored monarchy represses and persecutes the remaining Bonapartists, that Dantès gets caught up in.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Napoleon was continually fighting coalitions of European monarchies that wanted to see an end to French democracy.
.^ Héloïse de Villefort is Villefort's second wife, and the mother of Edouard.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Héloïse de Villefort .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Villefort's father, Monsieur Noirtier, was a dedicated follower of Napoleon.
.^ Up until this point Monte Cristo had looked at her as the daughter of his enemy and only wanted to save her life because his friend, Maximilien Morrel, loved her.
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo knows this from his servant Bertuccio, who had a grudge against Villefort and tried to kill him at that house.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Edouard de Villefort is the Villeforts' young son.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Madame de Villefort poisoned herself when her husband threatened to expose her as murderer.
^ Villefort goes home and finds his wife has committed suicide and also killed their son Edouard.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He is poisoned by his mother just before she commits suicide.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo knows this from his servant Bertuccio, who had a grudge against Villefort and tried to kill him at that house.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Bertuccio also tells the count that he was a witness to a murder committed by Caderousse and his wife, who killed the jeweler who came to buy a diamond.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
(His name is sometimes translated as Edward de Villefort.)
.^ Bertuccio then enters the service of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Edouard de Villefort is the Villeforts' young son.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Benedetto is the son of de Villefort and Madame Danglars.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Murderer and thief. Is helped to escape from a prison galley and travels to Paris to become "Andrea Cavalcanti".
Morrel family
.^ Monsieur de Boville held promissory notes from Monsieur Morrel, the ship owner that Dantes had worked for.
^ Based on what Caderousse told him, Dantès, now disguised as an Englishman, Lord Wilford, rewards the ship owner Morrel, who had tried many times to intercede with the authorities on Dantès' behalf.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When the ship's owner, Monsieur Morrel asked Dantes if Danglars had done a good job, Dantes spoke very highly of Danglars.
He is a very honest and shrewd businessman and is also very fond of Edmond and eager to advance his interests.
.^ It was during this war that Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born on the island of Corsica, rose to power within the French Army and transformed it into a formidable military force.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After his army was forced to retreat from Moscow, Napoleon's power was on the wane.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and Louis XVIII returned to power, Dantes' father lost all hope and he died.
.^ Upon hearing this, Maximilien Morrel brought up the fact that his father's shipping company was saved from bankruptcy by Thompson and French.
^ Up until this point Monte Cristo had looked at her as the daughter of his enemy and only wanted to save her life because his friend, Maximilien Morrel, loved her.
^ Monte Cristo saves Valentine's life and arranges for her to be united with Maximilien.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
After Edmond's escape and the Count of Monte Cristo's debut in Paris, Maximilien becomes a very good friend to the Count of Monte Cristo, yet still manages to force the Count to change many of his plans, partly by falling in love with Valentine de Villefort.
Julie Herbault — Daughter of Edmond's patron, Pierre Morrel, she marries Emmanuel Herbault.
Emmanuel Herbault — Julie Herbault's husband; he had previously worked in Pierre Morrel's shipping firm and is the brother-in-law of Maximilien Morrel and son-in-law of Pierre Morrel.
Other important characters
.^ He is present, and drunk, when Fernand writes the note accusing Dantès of treason.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Gaspard Caderousse is a greedy and untrustworthy neighbor of Dantès.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
After Dantès is arrested, he is too cowardly to come forward with the truth.
.^ Caderousse tells him the story of Dantès's arrest and what has happened since.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
He moves out of town, becomes an innkeeper, falls on hard times, and supplements his income by fencing stolen goods from Bertuccio.
.^ Caderousse thinks he sees through that argument, saying, "If God were just, you know many would be punished who now escape."- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Analyze the role Caderousse plays in the writing of the letter accusing Dantes, and Monte Cristo's visit to him after the prison escape.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When Dantès escapes from prison, he is obsessed with gaining revenge against those who betrayed him, as well as rewarding those who remained loyal to him.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The scene where Caderousse dies is unlike the scene one might expect when a priest is with a dying man.
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo at one point described him as an enemy because he wanted to deny that part of his personality.
He is eventually murdered by Benedetto.
Louis Dantès — Edmond's father. .
Baron Franz d'Epinay — A friend of Albert de Morcerf, he is the first fiancé of Valentine de Villefort.^ Baron Franz d'Epinay and Viscount Albert de Morcerf, son of Fernand and Mercedes Morcerf, were vacationing in Rome at the time of carnival.
^ In disgrace, de Morcerf shoots himself.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Albert de Morcerf .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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Lucien Debray — Secretary to the Minister of the Interior.^ Monsieur Noirtier was Villefort's father but Dantes did not know that.
^ Valentine de Villefort is the daughter of Monsieur and Renée de Villefort.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monsieur Noirtier is Villefort's father.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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Beauchamp — A leading journalist and friend of Albert de Morcerf (son of Fernand Mondego, the self-styled "Count de Morcerf"), he travels to Yannina to confirm the story about Fernand's background that leads to public embarrassment and Fernand's suicide.
Raoul, Baron de Château-Renaud — A member of a very ancient and noble family and another friend of Albert de Morcerf.^ Madame Mercedes Morcerf and her husband had a son that they named Albert.
^ Fernand Mondego (Count de Morcerf) committed suicide when he was exposed for what he really was.
^ Fernand Mondego became the Count de Morcerf.
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Louise d'Armilly — Eugénie Danglars' music instructor, actually her closest friend, but not allowed to be seen in public with Eugénie because of the possibility of Louise some day becoming a professional artist in a theater setting.^ Upon hearing this, Maximilien Morrel brought up the fact that his father's shipping company was saved from bankruptcy by Thompson and French.
^ Up until this point Monte Cristo had looked at her as the daughter of his enemy and only wanted to save her life because his friend, Maximilien Morrel, loved her.
^ One day, while Bertuccio was away, Benedetto and some of his friends demanded that Bertuccio's sister give them all the money in the house.
.^ Eugénie, who never wanted to marry him, disguises herself as a man and runs off with her friend Louise d'Armilly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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Monsieur de Boville — originally an inspector of prisons (he actually meets Dantès in the Château d'If), he is later promoted to a senior rank of the Paris police detective force, where he does some investigating of the Count of Monte Cristo at Villefort's orders.^ They meet Dantès, who has given himself the name Count of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But this does not cut any ice with Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He arranges the meeting between Monte Cristo and Albert de Morcerf.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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Barrois — Old, trusted servant of Monsieur de Noirtier, dies accidentally after drinking poisoned lemonade from a decanter brought to Noirtier, and from which Noirtier had drunk a little.^ The day after this happened Noirtier's servant, Barrois, drank a glass of lemonade that was meant for Monsieur Noirtier and quickly died.
^ Valentine was the one who had brought Monsieur Noirtier the lemonade.
^ Monsieur de Villefort is the twenty-seven-year-old deputy public prosecutor in Marseilles who sends Dantès to prison unjustly.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
The poison was probably brucine. .
Monsieur d'Avrigny — Family doctor treating the Villefort family, he alerts Villefort when he suspects poisoning.^ He was telling Monsieur Villefort that they were the result of poisoning by brucine.
^ Villefort did not even use the family name of Noirtier.
^ Monsieur Noirtier is Villefort's father.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
He suspects Valentine until she becomes a victim herself. Very discreet, he is willing to keep the secret as long as Villefort solves the problem, even secretly and informally, or even illegally (for instance, by locking up or poisoning the suspect). .
Major (also Marquis) Bartolomeo Cavalcanti — Old man paid by Monte Cristo to play the role of Prince Andrea Cavalcanti's father.^ Monte Cristo's next endeavor was to reunite Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti, a very wealthy Italian nobleman, with his long lost son, the Viscount Andrea Cavalcanti.
^ However, Monte Cristo's heart is not quite dead.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ We see a marked change in Monte Cristo, He was no longer a man who considered revenge to be the most important thing in the world.
He is not "a worthy patrician of Lucca" but a man who plays regularly at the gaming table of the baths of Lucca.
Publication
.^ The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in serial form, and was a huge success.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ By 1844 The Three Musketeers had been published and, taking advantage of the new fashion for running novels in serial form, Dumas' story of love and revenge The Count of Monte Cristo began to appear in Le Journal des Débats in August 1844 and ended in January 1846.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
.^ By 1844 The Three Musketeers had been published and, taking advantage of the new fashion for running novels in serial form, Dumas' story of love and revenge The Count of Monte Cristo began to appear in Le Journal des Débats in August 1844 and ended in January 1846.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
[7] .^ Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English and has published many articles on nineteenth-century literature.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ This was first published in France in 1986 and is the most recent biography of Dumas to appear in English.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Bad spelling due to the fact that the people who made the game do not speak English as a first language.
^ The final classical allusion to be discussed here occurs early in the novel, at the point when Mercédès approaches Villefort seeking news following Dantès's arrest.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ All in all, Dumas's use of classical allusion suggests that, beyond being no mean reader of the classics, he exhibits in his writing an artful knack for turning the old to new and interesting use.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ This is the best and most concise guide to Dumas's work in English.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Editions
- ISBN 2-221-06457-7, French language edition
- ISBN 0-19-283395-2, 1846 translation (Oxford World's Classics)
- ISBN 0-396-08255-6, 1984 edition, copyrighted by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. as a part of the Great Illustrated Classics series, 472 pages, complete and seemingly unabridged
- (no ISBN), Copyright 1946 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company (complete and unabridged; forward by André Maurois)
- ISBN 0-14-044926-4, Penguin Classics (complete and unabridged; translation, introduction and notes by Robin Buss)
- ISBN 1-85326-733-3, Wordsworth Classics (complete and unabridged)
- ISBN 0-375-76030-X, Modern Library Classics (complete and unabridged, introduction by Lorenzo Carcaterra)
- ISBN 0-451-52195-1, Unknown English translation (Signet Classic)
- ISBN 0-553-21350-4, Bantam Classic (Translated and Abridged by Lowell Bair)
- ISBN 1-59308-333-5, Barnes & Noble Classics (Abridged with introduction By Luc Sante)
- ISBN 9781403927934, Macmillan India (Translated and Abridged by Beatrice Conway)
- ISBN 9781433215797 Blackstone Audio Edition (Unabridged with introduction by Lorenzo Carcaterra)
Homage and adaptations
- See The Count of Monte Cristo (film) for a list of film adaptations
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- Alexandre Dumas wrote a set of three plays that collectively told the story of The Count of Monte Cristo: Monte Cristo (1848), Le Comte de Morcerf (1851), and Villefort (1851).
- The Telugu film "Veta", starring Chiranjeevi, is an unabashed copy of The Count of Monte Cristo.
- The film The Return of Monte Christo (1946), directed by Henry Levin, is a sequel to the book.
- In 1881 the French author Jules Lermina (1839-1915) wrote an unofficial sequel entitled The Son of Monte Cristo.
- The Son of Monte Cristo was made into a film in 1940 starring Louis Hayward and directed by Rowland V. Lee.^ Now there was only the Count of Monte Cristo and Madame de Morcerf.
^ With the publication of The Count of Monte Cristo , Dumas became famous worldwide.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He arranges the meeting between Monte Cristo and Albert de Morcerf.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ Dumas, Alexandre, The Count of Monte Cristo , Grosset & Dunlap, 1946.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Plume Noire: The Count of Monte Cristo .
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.^ The same applies to the opinion of the Venetian lady, Countess G—, also in the Rome episodes, that Monte Cristo is a vampire.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Readers of The Count of Monte Cristo would certainly have recognized the Countess's description of Monte Cristo as the "new Lord Ruthven," since Lord Ruthven was the name of Polidori's vampire.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In your travels you may encounter novels or movies with titles like The Son of Monte Cristo or The Countess of Monte Cristo .
.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844–45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ They meet Dantès, who has given himself the name Count of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Maximilien went to Monte Cristo for advice.
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in serial form, and was a huge success.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ In many ways Monte Cristo was the Hugh Hefner of his day.
^ At about this time the Count of Monte Cristo arrived.
To mention a few: Amor Gitano (Gypsy Love, from Mexico), Renzo el gitano (Renzo the gypsy, from Puerto Rico) and Dueña y Señora (The Owner and Lady, from Puerto Rico). Further telenovelas such as La verdad oculta (The Hidden Truth, from Mexico) and Acorralada (Trapped, from Miami) have many elements taken from the book.. The most recent is Montecristo: Un Amor, Una Venganza (Monte Cristo: Love and Revenge), an Argentine telenovela which premiered April 25, 2006 on Telefe and is loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo.
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, a pastiche of the original story in an anime series produced in 2004 by GONZO and directed by Mahiro Maeda.
- Park Chan-wook's 2003 film, Oldboy, and the manga it is based on, Oldboy, written by Garon Tsuchiya, pay partial homage to The Count of Monte Cristo story.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ But without a doubt, The Count of Monte Cristo is the most famous tale of revenge ever written.
^ We see a marked change in Monte Cristo, He was no longer a man who considered revenge to be the most important thing in the world.
For instance, the protagonist is jailed in a private cell for a long time (15 years in the film; 10 in the manga), with a television set as his only source for acquiring knowledge from the outside world. .^ Edmond looked upon this treasure, not only as a gift from God, but as a sign from God that his plan to seek vengeance was whole- heatedly endorsed by God.
.^ We see a marked change in Monte Cristo, He was no longer a man who considered revenge to be the most important thing in the world.
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ In the following essay, McDermott examines specific classical allusions in The Count of Monte Cristo, including references to the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe," and Virgil's "Dido."- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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- The film V for Vendetta references the Count of Monte Cristo many times.
- In the film Sleepers the Count of Monte Cristo is taught in the children's class in juvenile jail.^ At about this time the Count of Monte Cristo arrived.
^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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- The German progressive metal band Vanden Plas released a concept album Christ 0 in March 2006, which interprets the story of Monte Cristo.
- In 2007, the Colombian TV Channel Caracol, made an adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, into a soap opera called Montecristo.
- Singer songwriter Warwick Lobban references The Count of Monte Cristo in his song, Calming Monte Cristo.
- Christopher Bond adapted the true crime story of a barber who killed his customers by slitting their throats by adding a fictional framework of exile and revenge, inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ They meet Dantès, who has given himself the name Count of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Monte Cristo meets Fernand, who is now the Count of Morcef.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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- Life (TV series), a 2007 series on NBC also shown in Australia, features a character, Charlie Crews, who was wrongfully imprisoned for twelve years, only to be released after DNA evidence exonerated him.^ Characters in this story often change their names which sometimes makes it hard to remember who used to be who.
^ Set in Marseilles, Rome and Paris in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in a dungeon for fourteen years.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Charles Dickens uses it 15 years later in 1859 in his story, A Tale of Two Cities .
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- The Noisettes have a song entitled The Count of Monte Cristo.
- Exact Revenge by novelist Tim Green is a contemporary retelling of the story.
- The novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain includes a section which relates to the story of the Count of Monte Cristo, with Tom suggesting they tunnel in to save Jim, telling Huck, "Haven't you ever heard of the Castle Deef!"
- Jean-Dominique Bauby's book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and its film adaptation reference Monsieur Noirtier de Villeforte.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ He was telling Monsieur Villefort that they were the result of poisoning by brucine.
^ Monte Cristo said that he intended to save him just as he had saved his father.
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- Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines, was influenced by The Count of Monte Cristo.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo is quite simply an outstanding film to be enjoyed by both adults and children alike.- The Count Of Monte Cristo [2002] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.cinemaclock.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Yes, I did and I was just wonderding about the Guy who played Count Monte Cristo...- The Count Of Monte Cristo [2002] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.cinemaclock.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The second of Monte Cristo's enemies was dead.
^ Monte Cristo was using the same strategy.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844–45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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- Ian Hylands adapted the book in 2005 into an internationally produced play.^ During the 1830s, Dumas continued to write hugely successful plays, and his tours of Switzerland and Italy produced many travel books.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ She acknowledges that The Count of Monte Cristo ranks with the great revenge stories of all time, but states: .- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The theme of a man seeking vengeance occurs often in literature in stories such as Shakespeare's, Hamlet , Poe's, The Cask of Amontillado , and Herman Melville's, Moby Dick .
^ In fact, The Count of Monte Cristo has often been viewed as a well-plotted adventure novel, well suited to popular taste, but little more.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
Many of the characters and relationships were retained, although modified in some cases, to increase the pace of the play. .^ However, The Count of Monte Cristo was rapidly translated into many languages.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ When Debray left the party he visited Madame Danglars and the fact that Madame Danglars was wearing only a negligee makes the relationship between them quite obvious.
^ He had an affair with Madame Danglars, and he buried their baby alive.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Even though Madame Villefort was attempting to kill Valentine, Valentine pitied her rather than responding with hatred.
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- Erotic Novelist Colette Gale adapted The Count of Monte Cristo in her novel Master: An Erotic Novel of the Count of Monte Cristo, published by Penguin/NAL May 2008.
- Jeffrey Archer's book A Prisoner of Birth is dedicated to The Count of Monte Cristo.
- The writers Jon Smith and Leon Parris adapted The Count of Monte Cristo into a two-hour stage musical entitled Monte Cristo - The musical.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in serial form, and was a huge success.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In the following essay, McDermott examines specific classical allusions in The Count of Monte Cristo, including references to the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe," and Virgil's "Dido."- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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- Tugt og utugt i mellemtiden (1976), by the Danish writer Svend Aage Madsen, is a modern novel very similar to The Count of Monte Cristo.
- In Mark Sarvas' 2008 novel Harry, Revised, the protagonist Harry Rent patterns himself after Edmond Dantès.
- In 2003 the original story was adapted into a musical by Alexandr Tumencev (composer) and Tatyana Ziryanova (Russian lyrics) and entitled The Count of Monte Cristo ('Граф Монте-Кристо').^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ They meet Dantès, who has given himself the name Count of Monte Cristo.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo is an example of a romantic historical novel.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
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- In 2008 the original story was adapted into an almost three-hour musical by Roman Ignatyev (composer) and Yuli Kim (lyrics) entitled Monte-Cristo.^ Of all the stories ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
^ He falls in love with Valentine de Villefort, and after many twists and turns, Monte Cristo, who admires Morrel and befriends him, arranges for them to be together.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in serial form, and was a huge success.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
This adaptation is performed in the Moscow Operetta Theatre starting from October 1, 2008.
- In March 2009, American composer Frank Wildhorn's stage musical version, The Count of Monte Cristo premiered in St. Gallen, Switzerland. An English concept album was released for the production in late 2008.
- In 2009 the original story was adapted into a play by Ido Riklin, in Hebrew, entitled 'The Count of Monte Cristo', staged by the Beer Sheva Theater, in Israel.
- A television series which was a free adaptation from the novel aired in Turkey in 2009. Named after its lead character, 'Ezel' (a name), the series gained considerable popularity among Turkish audiences.
Audio Adaptations
- One of the first audiobook adaptations of the Dumas novel was an 33⅓ LP record released by Caedmon Records with Louis Jourdan reading four chapters from the novel.
- Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air players starred in a one-hour radio adaptation on August 29, 1938.
- Welles starred with Agnes Moorehead in a second radio version on October 1, 1939, this time on the Campbell Playhouse.
- Robert Montgomery starred in a radio adaptation on February 8, 1939 on the Lux Radio Theater.
- Carleton Young starred in a radio series starring Dumas' title character (currently, only two episodes are commercially available, one from 1947 and another from 1952).
- Paul Daneman starred in an audio adaptation as part of the Tale Spinners For Children LP record series in the 1960s.
- The Dumas novel was serialzed on radio in the 1930s in fifteen-minute episodes (currently, only Episodes #115 - 118 are commercially available through the Radio Showcase web site).
- A number of audiobook recordings in both audio cassette and CD format, both abridged and unabridged, are commercially available.
See also
Notes
- ^ Schopp, Claude, Genius of Life, p. 325
- ^ Causeries. 1857
- ^ True Stories of Immortal Crimes, H. Ashton-Wolfe, 1931, E. P. Dutton & Co., p.16-17
- ^ Maurois, André, The Titans, p. 220
- ^ P. 140 in the Pléiade edition. Ham is the castle where Louis Napoleon was imprisoned 1840 - 46.
- ^ Thomas Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie
- ^ David Coward (ed), Oxford's World Classics, Dumas, Alexandre, The Count of Monte Cristo, p. xxv
- ^ Lew Wallace (1906), Lew Wallace; an Autobiography. Page 936
References
- Maurois, André (1957). The Titans, a three-generation biography of the Dumas. trans. by Gerard Hopkins. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. .
- Schopp, Claude (1988).^ Schopp, Claude, Alexandre Dumas: Genius of Life , translated by A. J. Koch, Franklin Watts, 1988.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Maurois, André, Alexandre Dumas: A Great Life in Brief , Knopf, 1966.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Life of Alexandre Dumas.
^ Spurr, H. A., The Life and Writings of Alexandre Dumas , new ed., Haskell House, 1973, p.- The Count of Monte Cristo 16 January 2010 10:10 UTC www.novelguide.com [Source type: Original source]
trans. by A. J. Koch. New York, Toronto: Franklin Watts. ISBN 0531150933.
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