Authors: Alexandre Dumas
ISBN-13: 9781577656845, ISBN-10: 1577656849
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)-author of more than ninety plays and many novels-was well-known in Parisian society and was a contemporary of Victor Hugo. After the success of The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas dumped his entire fortune into his own Chateau de Monte Cristo-and was then forced to flee to Belgium to escape his creditors. He died penniless but optimistic, saying of death, "I shall tell her a story, and she will be kind to me."
For Edmond Dantes, life couldn't be better. At 19, he is soon to be captain of his own ship and about to be married to his true love, Mercedes. But his life is suddenly turned upside down when on his wedding day he is arrested. Without a fair trial, he is condemned to solitary confinement in the miserable Chateau d'If. Soon, it is clear that Edmond has been framed by a handful of powerful enemies, jealous of his success.
Introduction | ix | |
Chronology of Alexandre Dumas's Life and Work | xvii | |
Historical Context of The Count of Monte Cristo | xix | |
I | Marseilles--The Arrival | 1 |
II | Father and Son | 10 |
III | The Catalans | 15 |
IV | The Betrothal Feast | 23 |
V | The Deputy Procureur du Roi | 31 |
VI | The Examination | 36 |
VII | The Chateau d'If | 45 |
VIII | Villefort and Mercedes | 54 |
IX | The Little Cabinet of the Tuileries | 58 |
X | The Ogre | 64 |
XI | The Hundred Days | 68 |
XII | Numbers 34 and 27 | 72 |
XIII | An Italian Scholar | 83 |
XIV | The Treasure | 100 |
XV | The Third Attack | 112 |
XVI | The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If | 118 |
XVII | The Isle of Tiboulen | 122 |
XVIII | The Isle of Monte Cristo | 133 |
XIX | The Treasure Cave | 138 |
XX | The Stranger | 145 |
XXI | The Pont du Gard Inn | 148 |
XXII | Caderousse's Story | 154 |
XXIII | The Prison Register | 165 |
XXIV | Morrel and Son | 171 |
XXV | The Fifth of September | 183 |
XXVI | Roman Bandits | 192 |
XXVII | The Apparition | 198 |
XXVIII | The Carnival at Rome | 208 |
XXIX | The Catacombs of St Sebastian | 221 |
XXX | The Guests | 237 |
XXXI | The Presentation | 254 |
XXXII | Unlimited Credit | 263 |
XXXIII | The Pair of Dappled Greys | 271 |
XXXIV | Haydee | 279 |
XXXV | The Morrel Family | 284 |
XXXVI | Toxicology | 290 |
XXXVII | The Rise and Fall of Stocks | 300 |
XXXVIII | Pyramus and Thisbe | 308 |
XXXIX | M. Noirtier de Villefort | 316 |
XL | The Will | 323 |
XLI | The Telegraph | 331 |
XLII | The Dinner | 337 |
XLIII | A Conjugal Scene | 348 |
XLIV | Matrimonial Plans | 355 |
XLV | A Summer Ball | 361 |
XLVI | Mme de Saint-Meran | 377 |
XLVII | The Promise | 383 |
XLVIII | Minutes of the Proceedings | 402 |
XLIX | The Progress of Cavalcanti Junior | 419 |
L | Haydee's Story | 426 |
LI | The Report from Janina | 444 |
LII | The Lemonade | 452 |
LIII | The Accusation | 463 |
LIV | The Trial | 468 |
LV | The Challenge | 479 |
LVI | The Insult | 484 |
LVII | The Night | 491 |
LVIII | The Duel | 498 |
LIX | Revenge | 502 |
LX | Valentine | 512 |
LXI | The Secret Door | 525 |
LXII | The Apparition Again | 531 |
LXIII | The Serpent | 537 |
LXIV | Maximilian | 542 |
LXV | Danglars' Signature | 550 |
LXVI | Consolation | 557 |
LXVII | Separation | 568 |
LXVIII | The Judge | 582 |
LXIX | Expiation | 591 |
LXX | The Departure | 597 |
LXXI | The Fifth of October | 611 |
Notes | 621 | |
Interpretive Notes | 637 | |
Critical Excerpts | 647 | |
Questions for Discussion | 661 | |
Suggestions for the Interested Reader | 663 |