Summary Edmond Dantès, a young successful sailor, is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. In prison, his cellmate speaks of a vast treasure buried on the island of Monte Cristo. He escapes, finds the treasure, and decides to take revenge on those who wronged him. The most popular novel by Dumas in its complete version.

Contents

Mr. Noirtier de Villefort || The will || The telegraph || The means to save a gardener from the moles that are eating his peaches || The ghosts || The dinner || The beggar || Marital scene || Matchmaking || The office of the royal prosecutor || A summer ball || The information || The dance || Bread and salt || Madame de Saint-Meran || The promise || The family tomb of the Villeforts || The minutes || The progress of young Cavalcanti || Haïdô || Letters from Ioannina || The lemonade || The indictment || The room of the retired baker || The break-in || The hand of God || Bossam || The journey || The trial || The challenge || The insult || The night || The showdown || Mother and son || The suicide || Valentine || The confession || Father and daughter || The prenuptial agreement || The road to Belgium || The inn of "The Bell and the Bottle" || The Law || The apparition || Locusta || Valentine || Maximilian || Danglars' signature || The cemetery of Père Lachaise || The division || The Lion's Den || The judge || The Criminal Court || The indictment || Catharsis || The departure || The past || Pepino || Luigi's price list || Bamba || The forgiveness || October 5th || Notes || APPENDIX: 1. Alexandre Dumas, Conversations (excerpt), 2. [Two texts on Alexandre Dumas, Letter from Honoré de Balzac to Madame Hanska, Leon Gozlan, Excerpt from an article in the Comic Almanac (1848) || Gerard Gengembre, “The Count of Monte Cristo or The Superhuman, Justice and the Law,” 4. Eloise Sureau-Hale, “Traces, Substitutes and Panopticism. The Role of Vision in Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo,” 5. Chronology of life and work, 6. Filmography