The two prisoners eventually connect and quickly become inseparable friends.
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.
His will to live is restored, however, by faint sounds of digging. After years of solitary confinement in a small, fetid dungeon, Dantès loses all hope and contemplates suicide by means of starving himself. While in prison, Dantès slowly sinks into despair and finally looks to God for salvation. Although Villefort would rather not imprison an innocent man, he ultimately chooses to save his political career rather than properly exercise justice and condemns Dantès to life imprisonment in the island prison of the Château d'If, using his knowledge of the letter's contents to advance himself and his career at the court of Louis XVIII. The deputy crown prosecutor burns the letter, which has the potential to fatally hinder his success. Although at first sympathetic to Dantès' case, when Villefort questions Dantès as to where and to whom the letter was to be delivered, he discovers to his horror that it is addressed to his own father, Noirtier de Villefort.ĭue to the political climate created by the restoration of King Louis XVIII, Villefort wants to distance himself from his Bonapartist father. Dantès knows nothing of its contents, only that he was asked to deliver it. 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. Inflaming his jealousy, he instigates Fernand to send the letter, while Caderousse looks on in a drunken stupor. 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. 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. 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.Įdmond's good fortune inspires jealousy in those close to him. At the same time, he is saddened by the recent death of his friend Captain Leclère, his predecessor.Ĭaptain 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. He is also proud of his recent promotion to captain. He is excited to be reunited with his family and friends, and eager to marry his fiancée, the Catalan beauty Mercédès. 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.Įdmond Dantès, a 19-year-old sailor aboard the ship Pharaon, returns home to Marseille. During his imprisonment a dying fellow prisoner bequeathed him a treasure hidden in Milan. Picaud was engaged to marry a rich woman, but four jealous friends falsely accused him of being a spy for England.
Peuchet related the story of a shoemaker named Pierre Picaud, who was living in Paris in 1807. It is primarily concerned with themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, and is told in the style of an adventure story.ĭumas 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. 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). Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
The writing of the work was completed in 1844. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père.
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