The Count of Monte Cristo (English Version, Unabridged)
CONTENT
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Marseilles -- The Arrival ............................................................................................. 1
Father And Son............................................................................................................ 5
The Catalans ................................................................................................................ 8
Conspiracy ................................................................................................................. 12
The Marriage-Feast ................................................................................................... 15
The Deputy Procureur Du Roi.................................................................................. 20
The Examination ....................................................................................................... 24
The Chateau D'if ....................................................................................................... 28
The Evening Of The Betrothal................................................................................... 31
The King's Closet At The Tuileries ........................................................................... 33
The Corsican Ogre..................................................................................................... 36
Father And Son.......................................................................................................... 39
The Hundred Days .................................................................................................... 42
The Two Prisoners..................................................................................................... 45
Number 34 And Number 27 ..................................................................................... 48
A Learned Italian....................................................................................................... 53
The Abbe's Chamber.................................................................................................. 57
The Treasure .............................................................................................................. 64
The Third Attack ....................................................................................................... 68
The Cemetery Of The Chateau D'if........................................................................... 72
The Island Of Tiboulen.............................................................................................. 74
The Smugglers ........................................................................................................... 78
The Island Of Monte Cristo....................................................................................... 81
The Secret Cave ......................................................................................................... 84
The Unknown ............................................................................................................ 87
The Pont Du Gard Inn .............................................................................................. 90
The Story ................................................................................................................... 95
The Prison Register ................................................................................................. 100
The House Of Morrel & Son ................................................................................... 103
The Fifth Of September............................................................................................ 107
Italy: Sinbad The Sailor ........................................................................................... 112
The Waking.............................................................................................................. 120
Roman Bandits ........................................................................................................ 122
The Colosseum ......................................................................................................... 131
La Mazzolata ........................................................................................................... 141
The Carnival At Rome............................................................................................. 146
The Catacombs Of Saint Sebastian.......................................................................... 152
The Compact ............................................................................................................ 158
The Guests ............................................................................................................... 161
The Breakfast ........................................................................................................... 164
The Presentation...................................................................................................... 172
Monsieur Bertuccio ................................................................................................. 176
The House At Auteuil ............................................................................................. 178
The Vendetta............................................................................................................ 181
The Rain Of Blood ................................................................................................... 188
Unlimited Credit ..................................................................................................... 193
The Dappled Grays .................................................................................................. 198
Ideology.................................................................................................................... 203
Haidee ...................................................................................................................... 207
The Morrel Family................................................................................................... 209
Pyramus And Thisbe ............................................................................................... 212
Toxicology................................................................................................................ 216
Robert Le Diable ...................................................................................................... 222
A Flurry In Stocks ................................................................................................... 228
Major Cavalcanti..................................................................................................... 232
Andrea Cavalcanti ................................................................................................... 236
I
CONTENT
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
II
In The Lucerne Patch............................................................................................... 241
M. Noirtier De Villefort .......................................................................................... 245
The Will ................................................................................................................... 248
The Telegraph .......................................................................................................... 251
How A Gardener May Get Rid Of The Dormice That Eat His Peaches.................. 255
Ghosts ...................................................................................................................... 259
The Dinner............................................................................................................... 262
The Beggar ............................................................................................................... 266
A Conjugal Scene .................................................................................................... 269
Matrimonial Projects............................................................................................... 273
At The Office Of The King's Attorney .................................................................... 277
A Summer Ball ........................................................................................................ 281
The Inquiry .............................................................................................................. 284
The Ball.................................................................................................................... 288
Bread And Salt......................................................................................................... 292
Madame De Saint-Meran ........................................................................................ 294
The Promise ............................................................................................................. 298
The Villefort Family Vault ...................................................................................... 306
A Signed Statement ................................................................................................. 309
Progress Of Cavalcanti The Younger ...................................................................... 313
Haidee ...................................................................................................................... 317
We Hear From Yanina............................................................................................. 324
The Lemonade .......................................................................................................... 331
The Accusation ........................................................................................................ 335
The Room Of The Retired Baker .............................................................................. 337
The Burglary............................................................................................................ 343
The Hand Of God .................................................................................................... 348
Beauchamp............................................................................................................... 350
The Journey.............................................................................................................. 352
The Trial .................................................................................................................. 356
The Challenge .......................................................................................................... 360
The Insult................................................................................................................. 362
A Nocturnal Interview ............................................................................................ 365
The Meeting............................................................................................................. 368
Mother And Son ...................................................................................................... 372
The Suicide............................................................................................................... 374
Valentine.................................................................................................................. 377
Maximilian's Avowal .............................................................................................. 380
Father And Daughter .............................................................................................. 384
The Contract ............................................................................................................ 387
The Departure For Belgium..................................................................................... 391
The Bell And Bottle Tavern ..................................................................................... 394
The Law ................................................................................................................... 398
The Apparition......................................................................................................... 401
Locusta..................................................................................................................... 404
Valentine.................................................................................................................. 406
Maximilian .............................................................................................................. 408
Danglars Signature ................................................................................................. 411
The Cemetery Of Pere-La-Chaise............................................................................. 415
Dividing The Proceeds............................................................................................. 419
The Lions' Den ........................................................................................................ 424
The Judge ................................................................................................................. 427
The Assizes .............................................................................................................. 430
The Indictment......................................................................................................... 433
Expiation.................................................................................................................. 436
The Departure.......................................................................................................... 439
The Past ................................................................................................................... 444
Peppino .................................................................................................................... 448
Luigi Vampa's Bill Of Fare ..................................................................................... 452
The Pardon............................................................................................................... 454
The Fifth Of October................................................................................................ 456
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
Chapter 1
Marseilles -- The Arrival
O
n the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at composed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the
Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and halyards, the
Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
jib downhaul, and the topsail clewlines and buntlines. The
young sailor gave a look to see that his orders were
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the
promptly and accurately obeyed, and then turned again to
Chateau d'If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion
the owner.
and Rion island.
"And how did this misfortune occur?" inquired the latter,
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort
resuming the interrupted conversation.
Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an
event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially "Alas, sir, in the most unexpected manner. After a long talk
when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and with the harbor-master, Captain Leclere left Naples greatly
laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner of disturbed in mind. In twenty-four hours he was attacked by
the city.
a fever, and died three days afterwards. We performed the
usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which
hammock with a thirty-six pound shot at his head and his
some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and
heels, off El Giglio island. We bring to his widow his sword
Jaros islands; had doubled Pomegue, and approached the
and cross of honor. It was worth while, truly," added the
harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and
young man with a melancholy smile, "to make war against
sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the
the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like
forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could
everybody else."
have happened on board. However, those experienced in
navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it "Why, you see, Edmond," replied the owner, who appeared
was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the more comforted at every moment, "we are all mortal, and the
evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, old must make way for the young. If not, why, there would
the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the be no promotion; and since you assure me that the cargo -- "
side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the
"Is all safe and sound, M. Morrel, take my word for it; and I
narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who,
advise you not to take 25,000 francs for the profits of the
with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the
voyage."
ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
Then, as they were just passing the Round Tower, the young
The vague disquietude which prevailed among the
man shouted: "Stand by there to lower the topsails and jib;
spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did
brail up the spanker!"
not await the arrival of the vessel in harbor, but jumping into
a small skiff, desired to be pulled alongside the Pharaon, The order was executed as promptly as it would have been
on board a man-of-war.
which he reached as she rounded into La Reserve basin.
When the young man on board saw this person approach, he
left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the
ship's bulwarks.
"Let go -- and clue up!" At this last command all the sails
were lowered, and the vessel moved almost imperceptibly
onwards.
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty,
with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing; and his
whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution
peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend
with danger.
"Now, if you will come on board, M. Morrel," said Dantes,
observing the owner's impatience, "here is your supercargo,
M. Danglars, coming out of his cabin, who will furnish you
with every particular. As for me, I must look after the
anchoring, and dress the ship in mourning."
"Ah, is it you, Dantes?" cried the man in the skiff. "What's the The owner did not wait for a second invitation. He seized a
rope which Dantes flung to him, and with an activity that
matter? and why have you such an air of sadness aboard?"
would have done credit to a sailor, climbed up the side of
"A great misfortune, M. Morrel," replied the young man, -- "a
the ship, while the young man, going to his task, left the
great misfortune, for me especially! Off Civita Vecchia we
conversation to Danglars, who now came towards the owner.
lost our brave Captain Leclere."
He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of
"And the cargo?" inquired the owner, eagerly.
unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors,
insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his
"Is all safe, M. Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on
position as responsible agent on board, which is always
that head. But poor Captain Leclere -- "
obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the
"What happened to him?" asked the owner, with an air of crew as Edmond Dantes was beloved by them.
considerable resignation. "What happened to the worthy
"Well, M. Morrel," said Danglars, "you have heard of the
captain?"
misfortune that has befallen us?"
"He died."
"Yes -- yes: poor Captain Leclere! He was a brave and an
"Fell into the sea?"
honest man."
"No, sir, he died of brain-fever in dreadful agony." Then
turning to the crew, he said, "Bear a hand there, to take in
sail!"
"And a first-rate seaman, one who had seen long and
honorable service, as became a man charged with the
interests of a house so important as that of Morrel & Son,"
All hands obeyed, and at once the eight or ten seamen who
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