The Count of Monte-Cristo/Volume 1

by Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

 

The Count of Monte-Cristo

 

the

Count of Monte-Cristo

BY

ALEXANDRE DUMAS

WITH NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DESIGNS BY G. STAAL, J. A. BEAUCE, AND OTHER EMINENT FRENCH ARTISTS

IN FIVE VOLUMES

Vol. i

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

LONDON AND NEW-YORK

1888

Dantès cast into the sea.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Page
Chap.	I.	Marseilles—The Arrival	1
	II.	Father and Son	13
	III.	The Catalans	23
	IV.	Conspiracy	34
	V.	The Marriage Feast	43
	VI.	The Deputy Procureur du Roi	63
	VII.	The Examination	75
	VIII.	The Château d'If	89
	IX.	The Evening of the Betrothal	102
	X.	The Small Cabinet of the Tuileries	109
	XI.	The Ogre of Corsica	119
	XII.	Father and Son	130
	XIII.	The Hundred Days	138
	XIV.	The Two Prisoners	149
	XV.	Number 34 and Number 27	162
	XVI.	A Learned Italian	180
	XVII.	The Abbé's Chamber	192
	XVIII.	The Treasure	215
	XIX.	The Third Attack	230
	XX.	The Cemetery of the Château d'If	241
	XXI.	The Isle of Tiboulen	249
	XXII.	The Smugglers	261
	XXIII.	The Isle of Monte-Cristo	271
	XXIV.	The Secret Cave	279
	XXV.	The Unknown	290
	XXVI.	The Auberge of Pont du Gard	301
	XXVII.	The Recital	317

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

 

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page
Dantès Cast Into The Sea	Frontispiece
My Name Is Edmond Dantès	xv
Edmond Dantès	3
The "Pharaon"	5
Dantès And Morrel	7
Mercédès	9
Father And Son	15
Caderousse	17
Dantès' Father	19
Dantès and Mercédès	21
Fernand and Mercédès	25
Danglars	31
The Conspiracy	36
Fernand and Dantès	37
Fernand and the Letter	39
By her Side Walked Dantès' Father	45
The Marriage Breakfast	49
The Procureur du Roi	51
Fernand	53
The Arrest of Edmond Dantès	55
What News?	59
Mercédès and Dantè's Father	61
M. de Vlllefort	65
The Marquise de Saint-Méran	67
Renée de Saint-Méran	71
The Dinner	73
Villefort and Morrel	77
Villefort and Dantès	79
The Isle of Elba	83
Burning the Letter	85
The Château d'If	87
Taken to the Château d'If	91
Dantès in the Dungeon	93
The Arrival at the Prison	99
Dantès and the Jailer	100
Villefort and Saint-Méran	103
Mercédès and Villefort	105
Mercédès and Fernand	107
Baron Dandré	113
King Louis XVIII and M. de Villefort	117
M. de Blacas	121
The Cabinet Meeting	125
The King Conferring the Cross	127
Villefort and his Father	128
Noirtier	131
The Changed Clothes	135
Napoleon's Return from Elba	139
Villefort and Morrel	141
"Be Careful of Yourself, For If You Are Killed I Shall be Alone"	145
Dantès and the Inspector	153
The Abbé Faria	155
"You Will Not Accept My Gold; I Will Keep It For Myself"	157
Examining the Register	159
Dantès Throwing his Meals into the Sea	165
Dantès and the Jailer	169
The Broken Jug	171
Dantès Undermining the Cell	173
Faria Enters Dantès' Cell	177
Dantès and Faria	181
Faria Disheartened	187
Faria Abandons Hope	189
Faria in his Chamber	193
The Needle	195
Faria Cries For Help	209
Faria's Paralyzed Arm	213
Marco Spada	219
Faria Gives Dantès the Letter	223
The Cardinal's Secretary	225
Faria's Farewell to Dantès	235
Faria's Death	237
The Death Test	239
Dantès Enters the Sack	243
The Sea is the Cemetery of the Château d'If	247
The Faint Report of a Gun was Heard	257
Jacopo	259
Dantès Views Himself	263
Jeune Amélie	265
The Isle of Monte-Cristo	269
Dantès on the Isle of Monte-Cristo	275
The Cave at Monte-Cristo	281
Blasting the Rock	283
Alone with The Countless, these Unheard-of Fabulous Treasures	287
Dantès Selling the Diamonds	291
Dantès' Yacht	293
Removing the Treasure	295
Dantès Revisits his Father's Room	297
"You are Welcome, Sir," said Caderousse	299
Caderousse and His Wife	303
The Abbé Busoni	305
Busoni and Caderousse	307
La Carconte	309
Caderousse Tells the Story	315
The Death of Dantès' Father	321
Fernand Enlists	325
"Suppose it is False?"	329
Mercédès Marries Fernand	331

“My name is Edmond Dantès.”