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The Count of Monte Cristo

Original title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

Translation en 459831 words First published 1844 France

Dumas's masterpiece of revenge, and one of the most popular novels ever written. On the eve of his wedding, young Marseilles sailor Edmond Dantes is betrayed by jealous rivals and imprisoned without trial in the Chateau d'If for fourteen years. There the Abbe Faria educates him and reveals the secret of the treasure of Monte Cristo. Escape, fortune and a new identity follow: as the mysterious Count, Dantes returns to Parisian high society to dismantle, one by one, the men who destroyed him. Winding, irresistible, and faithful to its final lesson — wait and hope.

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Table of Contents

  1. 001 Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival 3127 words
  2. 002 Chapter 2. Father and Son 2480 words
  3. 003 Chapter 3. The Catalans 3868 words
  4. 004 Chapter 4. Conspiracy 2207 words
  5. 005 Chapter 5. The Marriage Feast 5510 words
  6. 006 Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi 4168 words
  7. 007 Chapter 7. The Examination 3469 words
  8. 008 Chapter 8. The Château d’If 3172 words
  9. 009 Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal 1818 words
  10. 010 Chapter 10. The King’s Closet at the Tuileries 2759 words
  11. 011 Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre 2888 words
  12. 012 Chapter 12. Father and Son 2536 words
  13. 013 Chapter 13. The Hundred Days 2450 words
  14. 014 Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners 8450 words
  15. 015 Chapter 16. A Learned Italian 4151 words
  16. 016 Chapter 17. The Abbé’s Chamber 7698 words
  17. 017 Chapter 18. The Treasure 4585 words
  18. 018 Chapter 19. The Third Attack 3904 words
  19. 019 Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Château d’If 1941 words
  20. 020 Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen 3698 words
  21. 021 Chapter 22. The Smugglers 2925 words
  22. 022 Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo 3018 words
  23. 023 Chapter 24. The Secret Cave 3162 words
  24. 024 Chapter 25. The Unknown 3138 words
  25. 025 Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn 5517 words
  26. 026 Chapter 27. The Story 5103 words
  27. 027 Chapter 28. The Prison Register 2309 words
  28. 028 Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son 4294 words
  29. 029 Chapter 30. The Fifth of September 5606 words
  30. 030 Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor 8584 words
  31. 031 Chapter 32. The Waking 2260 words
  32. 032 Chapter 33. Roman Bandits 10956 words
  33. 033 Chapter 34. The Colosseum 10754 words
  34. 034 Chapter 35. La Mazzolata 5278 words
  35. 035 Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome 6341 words
  36. 036 Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian 5969 words
  37. 037 Chapter 38. The Rendezvous 3070 words
  38. 038 Chapter 39. The Guests 2716 words
  39. 039 Chapter 40. The Breakfast 8249 words
  40. 040 Chapter 41. The Presentation 5052 words
  41. 041 Chapter 42. Monsieur Bertuccio 1580 words
  42. 042 Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil 2341 words
  43. 043 Chapter 44. The Vendetta 8341 words
  44. 044 Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood 5320 words
  45. 045 Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit 5045 words
  46. 046 Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays 5148 words
  47. 047 Chapter 48. Ideology 4495 words
  48. 048 Chapter 49. Haydée 1893 words
  49. 049 Chapter 50. The Morrel Family 3415 words
  50. 050 Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe 4892 words
  51. 051 Chapter 52. Toxicology 6271 words
  52. 052 Chapter 53. Robert le Diable 6102 words
  53. 053 Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks 4062 words
  54. 054 Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti 3508 words
  55. 055 Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti 4361 words
  56. 056 Chapter 57. In the Lucern Patch 7667 words
  57. 057 Chapter 59. The Will 3030 words
  58. 058 Chapter 60. The Telegraph 3605 words
  59. 059 Chapter 61. How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His 3014 words
  60. 060 Chapter 62. Ghosts 2868 words
  61. 061 Chapter 63. The Dinner 3369 words
  62. 062 Chapter 64. The Beggar 3038 words
  63. 063 Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene 3565 words
  64. 064 Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects 3265 words
  65. 065 Chapter 67. The Office of the King’s Attorney 4219 words
  66. 066 Chapter 68. A Summer Ball 2202 words
  67. 067 Chapter 69. The Inquiry 3095 words
  68. 068 Chapter 70. The Ball 3033 words
  69. 069 Chapter 71. Bread and Salt 1320 words
  70. 070 Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Méran 4141 words
  71. 071 Chapter 73. The Promise 9252 words
  72. 072 Chapter 74. The Villefort Family Vault 3141 words
  73. 073 Chapter 75. A Signed Statement 3725 words
  74. 074 Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger 3374 words
  75. 075 Chapter 77. Haydée 8049 words
  76. 076 Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina 7223 words
  77. 077 Chapter 79. The Lemonade 4006 words
  78. 078 Chapter 80. The Accusation 1979 words
  79. 079 Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker 5626 words
  80. 080 Chapter 82. The Burglary 4449 words
  81. 081 Chapter 83. The Hand of God 1987 words
  82. 082 Chapter 84. Beauchamp 2084 words
  83. 083 Chapter 85. The Journey 3410 words
  84. 084 Chapter 86. The Trial 4515 words
  85. 085 Chapter 87. The Challenge 2209 words
  86. 086 Chapter 88. The Insult 3253 words
  87. 087 Chapter 89. The Night 2971 words
  88. 088 Chapter 90. The Meeting 4086 words
  89. 089 Chapter 91. Mother and Son 2222 words
  90. 090 Chapter 92. The Suicide 3071 words
  91. 091 Chapter 93. Valentine 2547 words
  92. 092 Chapter 94. Maximilian’s Avowal 3869 words
  93. 093 Chapter 95. Father and Daughter 3260 words
  94. 094 Chapter 96. The Contract 3694 words
  95. 095 Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium 2157 words
  96. 096 Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern 4413 words
  97. 097 Chapter 99. The Law 3408 words
  98. 098 Chapter 100. The Apparition 2423 words
  99. 099 Chapter 101. Locusta 1900 words
  100. 100 Chapter 102. Valentine 1991 words
  101. 101 Chapter 103. Maximilian 2973 words
  102. 102 Chapter 104. Danglars’ Signature 3509 words
  103. 103 Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise 4457 words
  104. 104 Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds 5272 words
  105. 105 Chapter 107. The Lions’ Den 2612 words
  106. 106 Chapter 108. The Judge 3409 words
  107. 107 Chapter 109. The Assizes 1969 words
  108. 108 Chapter 110. The Indictment 2573 words
  109. 109 Chapter 111. Expiation 3047 words
  110. 110 Chapter 112. The Departure 5166 words
  111. 111 Chapter 113. The Past 4212 words
  112. 112 Chapter 114. Peppino 3710 words
  113. 113 Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa’s Bill of Fare 2139 words
  114. 114 Chapter 116. The Pardon 1697 words
  115. 115 Chapter 117. The Fifth of October 5407 words