The Count of Monte Cristo

by Dumas, Alexandre; Waterfield, Robin H.

• ISBN13: 9780140373530
• ISBN10: 0140373535
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Puffin

Summary

For use in schools and libraries only. Edmund Dantes, unjustly convicted of aiding the exiled Napoleon, escapes after 14 years of imprisonment and seeks his revenge in Paris.

Author Biography

Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802, at Villiers-Cotterets, France, the son of Napoleon's famous mulatto general, Dumas. Alexandre Dumas began writing at an early age and saw his first success in a play he wrote entitled Henri III et sa Cour (1829). A prolific author, Dumas was also an adventurer and took part in the Revolution of 1830. Dumas is most famous for his brilliant historical novels, which he wrote with collaborators, mainly Auguste Maquet, and which were serialized in the popular press of the day. His most popular works are The Three Musketeers(1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-45), and The Man in Iron Mask (1848-50). Dumas made and lost several fortunes, and died penniless on on December 5, 1870.
Robin Waterfield is a graduate of Manchester University and studied Greek philosphy at King's College, Cambridge. He is currently writing a major biography of Kahlil Gibran.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Chronology of Alexandre Dumas's Life and Work	p. xvii
Historical Context of The Count of Monte Cristo	p. xix
Marseilles--The Arrival	p. 1
Father and Son	p. 10
The Catalans	p. 15
The Betrothal Feast	p. 23
The Deputy Procureur du Roi	p. 31
The Examination	p. 36
The Chateau d'If	p. 45
Villefort and Mercedes	p. 54
The Little Cabinet of the Tuileries	p. 58
The Ogre	p. 64
The Hundred Days	p. 68
Numbers 34 and 27	p. 72
An Italian Scholar	p. 83
The Treasure	p. 100
The Third Attack	p. 112
The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If	p. 118
The Isle of Tiboulen	p. 122
The Isle of Monte Cristo	p. 133
The Treasure Cave	p. 138
The Stranger	p. 145
The Pont du Gard Inn	p. 148
Caderousse's Story	p. 154
The Prison Register	p. 165
Morrel and Son	p. 171
The Fifth of September	p. 183
Roman Bandits	p. 192
The Apparition	p. 198
The Carnival at Rome	p. 208
The Catacombs of St Sebastian	p. 221
The Guests	p. 237
The Presentation	p. 254
Unlimited Credit	p. 263
The Pair of Dappled Greys	p. 271
Haydee	p. 279
The Morrel Family	p. 284
Toxicology	p. 290
The Rise and Fall of Stocks	p. 300
Pyramus and Thisbe	p. 308
M. Noirtier de Villefort	p. 316
The Will	p. 323
The Telegraph	p. 331
The Dinner	p. 337
A Conjugal Scene	p. 348
Matrimonial Plans	p. 355
A Summer Ball	p. 361
Mme de Saint-Meran	p. 377
The Promise	p. 383
Minutes of the Proceedings	p. 402
The Progress of Cavalcanti Junior	p. 419
Haydee's Story	p. 426
The Report from Janina	p. 444
The Lemonade	p. 452
The Accusation	p. 463
The Trial	p. 468
The Challenge	p. 479
The Insult	p. 484
The Night	p. 491
The Duel	p. 498
Revenge	p. 502
Valentine	p. 512
The Secret Door	p. 525
The Apparition Again	p. 531
The Serpent	p. 537
Maximilian	p. 542
Danglars' Signature	p. 550
Consolation	p. 557
Separation	p. 568
The Judge	p. 582
Expiation	p. 591
The Departure	p. 597
The Fifth of October	p. 611
Notes	p. 621
Interpretive Notes	p. 637
Critical Excerpts	p. 647
Questions for Discussion	p. 661
Suggestions for the Interested Reader	p. 663
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