THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BOOK COVER FULL

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BOOK COVER FULL

Ironically, Villefront’s wives prove to be more villainous than her husband, for she poisons her parents and her daughter so that her real son can have the full inheritance. The child lived, however, and was now engaged to Mademoiselle Danglars, who is really his half-sister.

He also revealed to him, by hints, that he knows about the illegitimate child whom he fathered, a child whom Villefront had believed to be buried alive. To revenge himself on Villefront, Monte Cristo slowly reveals to Villefront that he knows about a love affair that Villefront had long ago with Madame Danglars. To revenge himself on Danglars, who loves money more than life itself, Monte Cristo ruins him financially. The Count watched as one of Caderousse’s companions mortally wounding him.Īs the man lay dying, Monte Cristo exposed his true name- Edmond Dantes. Now escaped from prison, Caderousse unsuccessfully attempted to rob Monte Cristo. Later, urged by his wife, Caderousse committed robbery and murder. Monte Cristo awakened this greed with the gift of a diamond. To revenge himself on Caderousse, Monte Cristo easily trapped Caderousse because of his voracious greed. When they leave him, he was so distraught that he committed suicide. Then Monte Cristo destroyed Morcef’s relationship with his family, whom he adored. Monte Cristo released information to the press that proved that Morcef is a traitor, and Morcef is ruined socially. Ferdinand had married Mercedes and was now the Count de Morcef. Therefore, he was slowly plotting the ruin of the four men who had caused him to be sent to the Chateau D’If. But, Monte Cristo, in contrariety, recognized all of his enemies, which now are all-powerful and influential men. He returned as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo and dazzled all of Paris with his extreme wealth and social graces and also he ingeniously managed to be introduced to the cream of French society, among who he goes unrecognized. After paying homage for the noble act, Dantes recovered the buried treasure and became extremely wealthy. He is rescued by a passing ship which gives him a position on the boat. Jailers threw the sack into the sea which allowed Dantes to escape.

Edmond seized the opportunity of escaping and replaced Faria’s corpse with himself. When Faria finally did die, his body was placed in a burial sack. The wise elder told Edmond where to find a massive buried fortune. In Edmond’s fourteenth year, Faria became mortally ill. The old man taught Edmond history, mathematics, and languages. The two meet daily and an incredible relationship flourished. While in prison, he was determined to escape and began digging a tunnel in hopes that it would lead to freedom.ĭuring this exercise, he met an elderly inmate named Abbe Faria whose attempt to dig his way to his salvation had led him only to Edmond’s cell. Dantes suffered for fourteen grueling years. There Dantes’ incarceration was secured by the plotting of his enemies outside the prison, particularly towards Villefort, who wished to cover up his own father’s connections with the Bonapartists. On his wedding day, Edmond was arrested and taken before a deputy named Villefort, a political apostate, who, to protect himself, had Edmond secretly imprisoned in the deepest dungeons of the Chateau D’If. Danglars and Ferdinand wrote a letter accusing Edmond of carrying a letter from Elba to the Bonapartist committee in Paris.Ĭaderousse, a neighbor, learned of the plot but kept silent. Ferdinand Mondego wished to wed Mercedes, who was affianced to Edmond.

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