Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas

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The Cast

Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte Cristo

Main

A wronged sailor returns as a man of wealth, disguises, and terrifying patience.

Locations

Marseilles

city

The city that welcomes Edmond home is where his enemies begin to erase him.

Passage

As the Pharaon returns strangely subdued, everyone senses bad news before anyone speaks.

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The Author’s Pen

A Ship Under Gloom

The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board. However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the _Pharaon_ towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.

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We meet Edmond Dantès before we know his name, and we meet him doing someone else's job well. This is the first page of the novel: the Pharaon is limping home to Marseilles so mournfully that onlookers sense a disaster, yet the trained eye sees the ship is in perfect order. The gloom, then, is not damage but a death aboard, and the young man shadowing the pilot, catching every command, is already the one holding things together. His reward for that competence will be to be handed everything, then robbed of it.

World Index

The Plot

The Life They TookBuried AliveThe Abbé’s GiftReborn from the SeaThe Hand of ProvidenceThe Count AppearsAmong His EnemiesThe Machinery TurnsThe ReckoningThe Cost of VengeanceWait and Hope

The Cast

Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte CristoMercédès / Countess de MorcerfAbbé FariaDanglars / Baron DanglarsFernand Mondego / Count de MorcerfGérard de VillefortGaspard CaderousseMonsieur MorrelMaximilian MorrelValentine de VillefortHaydéeNoirtier de VillefortAlbert de MorcerfBenedetto / Andrea CavalcantiHéloïse de Villefort / Madame de VillefortOld DantèsBertuccioHermine Danglars / Madame DanglarsEugénie DanglarsLucien DebrayBeauchampFranz d’ÉpinayChâteau-RenaudAliLuigi VampaPeppinoJacopoJulie Morrel / Julie HerbaultEmmanuel HerbaultBarroisDoctor d’AvrignyÉdouard de VillefortMajor Bartolomeo CavalcantiLouise d’ArmillyLa CarconteAssuntaRenée de Saint-MéranMarquis de Saint-MéranMarquise de Saint-MéranLouis XVIIIAli Pasha of YaninaMonsieur de BovilleCoclesPenelonBaptistinMonsieur PastriniCaptain LeclereDuc de BlacasFlorentinTelegraph OperatorChâteau d’If JailersRoman BanditsGaetanoCountess G-MyrthoAuteuil NotaryMaster Joannès / Johannes the JewelerPalikares of Ali PashaM. de Salvieux / Comte de SalvieuxM. de BrezéAuteuil ConciergeCount’s French AttendantsMonte Cristo’s Schooner CrewSmuggler CrewCucumetto and TeresaNapoleon BonaparteVasilikiGeneral d’Épinay / General de QuesnelSelimEl-Kobbir

Locations

Abbé Faria’s ChamberAlbert’s Paris RoomsAuteuil GardenAuteuil HouseBell and Bottle TavernBois de Boulogne / Passy EdgeCatacombs of Saint SebastianChamber of PeersChâteau d’IfColosseumCount’s Champs-Élysées HouseCount’s Seaside EstateCourt of AssizesDanglars BankDanglars ResidenceDuel GroundEdmond’s Cell in Château d’IfElba / Porto-FerrajoIsland of Monte CristoIsland of TiboulenItalian CountrysideLa RéserveMarseillesMarseilles HarborMonte Cristo’s SchoonerMorcerf ResidenceMorrel & Son OfficeMorrel HouseholdNewspaper Office / Beauchamp’s OfficeNîmesNoirtier’s Paris RoomNoirtier’s Room in Villefort ResidenceOld Dantès’ RoomParisParis Ball / Society SalonParis OperaPère-Lachaise CemeteryPont du Gard InnPrison Register OfficePrison TunnelRoman Bandit HideoutRoman Execution SiteRomeRome HotelSecret Cave of Monte CristoSmuggling VesselTelegraph StationThe CatalansThe Mediterranean SeaThe PharaonTuileriesVillefort Garden / Lucern PatchVillefort ResidenceVillefort’s Betrothal SalonVillefort’s Office in MarseillesYanina

Objects of Note

Albert’s Ransom NoteAli’s LassoAndrea-Eugénie Marriage ContractAnonymous DenunciationAuteuil Deed of SaleBenedetto Indictment PapersBertuccio’s KnifeBurial SackCaderousse DiamondCaderousse’s Burglary ToolsCaderousse’s Written DeclarationCaptain Leclere’s PacketDappled Gray Horses and CarriageEdmond’s Arrest PapersEdmond’s Identity MasksEugénie’s Disguise and Travel PapersFaria’s ManuscriptsFaria’s Prison ToolsFaria’s Treasure SecretFinal LetterGeneral d’Épinay Signed StatementHashish PreparationHaydée’s Testimony PapersInfant Burial Box and WrappingsLemonade GlassLetter from Sinbad the SailorLuigi Vampa’s Bill of FareMonte Cristo’s Credit InstrumentsMonte Cristo’s SchoonerMorrel Debt PapersMorrel’s PistolsNoirtier’s Communication SystemNoirtier’s WillPeppino’s Pardon OrderPoison / Medicine VialPrison RegisterRed Silk PurseSteel MailTelegraph ApparatusThe Noirtier LetterThe PharaonTreasure of Monte Cristo

Core Concepts

Buried Crimes Return Through ConsequenceIdentity as Mask and WoundKnowledge Before WealthLove as the Limit of VengeanceProvidence Versus Human ControlRevenge Tested Against JusticeWaiting Between Despair and HopeWealth as Freedom and Domination

The Author's Pen

Danglars Before MorrelDantès Takes CommandThe Empty CupboardsMercédès Refuses FernandDanglars Offers HelpThe Left Hand DenunciationEdmond Dantès ArrestedThe Burned LetterHe Was In PrisonDantès Forgotten In His DungeonTried Or Set At LibertyThe Scratching in the WallA Man Springs Into His CellFaria’s Ingenious ToolsWriting Without BooksThe Abbé FariaPens Ink and PaperThe Treasure's True HeirThe Doctor Declares Him DeadMistaken for the DeadFlung Into the SeaA Plan for SurvivalLeaving the Château d’IfMonte Cristo in SightThe Opened CofferOld Dantès Dead Mercédès GoneCaderousse Boasts of HonestyCaderousse Admits He Was ThereCan He PayThe Pharaon ReturnsA Supper of EnchantmentMorning After the VisionLuigi Vampa at Two and TwentySignals of Reprieve or DeathRefusing the ExecutionAlbert’s Ransom NoteVampa Shows Them OutSaved at the YataghanThe Countess Gives ThanksBertuccio Dreads AuteuilExactly In The SpotThe Marked LinenDanglars Suspects a HoaxColdness and ConstraintPreparing the House at AuteuilValentine's Hidden MiseryMadame de Villefort's PassionThe Major Is SuppliedThe Lost Son RestoredThe Interrogation of NoirtierThe Telegraph OperatorThe Gardener's PassionThe Enormous Porcelain JarsThe Visit to the RoomThe Price of Her InstinctNothing Beneath the FlowersThe Ball on the LawnA Breathless Plea For FriendshipThe Secret DrawerSelim Examines the RingFernand and MorcerfBarrois Drains the LemonadeThe Intended VictimThe Abbé Busoni ReturnsA Dying Man Denies GodThe Record of the SaleA Meeting for Ten MinutesSpare My SonAlbert Thanks Monte CristoThe Cry of Edmond DantèsThe Coach Crossed the GatewayValentine Found MotionlessThe Priest And The AvengerBenedetto Names His CrimesA Good ActionStill the Hand of GodVillefort Digging in MadnessI Am Edmond DantèsWait And Hope

Plot point 01

The Life They Took

A young sailor returns to Marseilles with a captaincy, a father, and a bride all within reach — while three jealous men decide he will have none of it.

Objects of Note

The Pharaon

A trading ship comes home carrying one man's promotion and the seed of his ruin.

The Cast

Mercédès / Countess de Morcerf

Main · Morcerf household

The woman who recognizes Edmond beneath the Count before Paris can understand him.

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The plot of The Count of Monte Cristo

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The Life They Took
Buried Alive
The Abbé’s Gift
Reborn from the Sea
The Hand of Providence
The Count Appears
Among His Enemies
The Machinery Turns
The Reckoning
The Cost of Vengeance

The author's pen in The Count of Monte Cristo

The passages themselves, Alexandre Dumas's own words, as Literah maps it.

A Ship Under Gloomch. 1
Danglars Before Morrelch. 1
Dantès Takes Commandch. 1
The Empty Cupboardsch. 2
Mercédès Refuses Fernandch. 3
Danglars Offers Helpch. 4
The Left Hand Denunciationch. 4
Edmond Dantès Arrestedch. 5
The Burned Letterch. 7
He Was In Prisonch. 8
Dantès Forgotten In His Dungeonch. 12
Tried Or Set At Libertych. 14
The Scratching in the Wallch. 14
A Man Springs Into His Cellch. 15
Faria’s Ingenious Toolsch. 16
Writing Without Booksch. 16
The Abbé Fariach. 17
Pens Ink and Paperch. 17
The Treasure's True Heirch. 18
The Doctor Declares Him Deadch. 19

The characters of The Count of Monte Cristo

Who is who, as Literah maps it.

Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte Cristomajor
Mercédès / Countess de Morcerfmajor
Abbé Fariamajor
Danglars / Baron Danglarsmajor
Fernand Mondego / Count de Morcerfmajor
Gérard de Villefortmajor
Gaspard Caderoussemajor
Monsieur Morrelmajor
Maximilian Morrelmajor
Valentine de Villefortmajor
Haydéemajor
Noirtier de Villefortmajor
Albert de Morcerfmajor
Benedetto / Andrea Cavalcantimajor
Héloïse de Villefort / Madame de Villefortmajor
Old Dantèssupporting

The locations in The Count of Monte Cristo

Where it happens, as Literah maps it.

Marseillescity
Marseilles Harborharbor
The Pharaonship
Château d’Ifprison
Edmond’s Cell in Château d’Ifprison cell
Abbé Faria’s Chamberprison cell
Prison Tunnelhidden passage
The Catalansvillage quarter
La Réserveinn
Old Dantès’ Roomroom
Villefort’s Office in Marseillesoffice
Villefort’s Betrothal Salonsalon
Tuileriespalace
Noirtier’s Paris Roomroom

The core concepts in The Count of Monte Cristo

What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.

Revenge Tested Against Justice
Identity as Mask and Wound
Knowledge Before Wealth
Wealth as Freedom and Domination
Buried Crimes Return Through Consequence
Love as the Limit of Vengeance
Providence Versus Human Control
Waiting Between Despair and Hope

The objects of note in The Count of Monte Cristo

The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.

The Pharaon
Captain Leclere’s Packet
The Noirtier Letter
Anonymous Denunciation
Edmond’s Arrest Papers
Prison Register
Faria’s Manuscripts
Faria’s Prison Tools
Faria’s Treasure Secret
Burial Sack
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Caderousse Diamond
Red Silk Purse
Morrel Debt Papers

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