#Count of monte cristo chapter summary free#

#Count of monte cristo chapter summary free#

Dantes is free at last, after fourteen years of imprisonment. The Abbe's body bag is thrown into the sea. When the Abbe dies, Dantes replaces his body with the Abbe's. He hopes Dantes will retrieve this treasure should he escape. The Abbe also reveals to Dantes the location of an immense treasure on the Isle of Monte Cristo. The two become friends, and the learned Abbe teaches Dantes all his vast knowledge of literature, the sciences and languages. Miscalculations bring the Abbe Faria, to Dantes cell instead of freedom. Thankfully, the prisoner in the next cell was building a tunnel to escape. In prison, Dantes loses hope and decides to starve himself to death. Morrel attempts to have him freed, yet to no avail. Political regimes change, yet Dantes is forgotten. Thus, he throws Dantes, an innocent man, into the Chateau D'If.

His father is a known Bonapartist, and Villefort is paranoid that this fact shall hurt his career among the ruling royalists. His policy against Bonapartists must be extremely vigilant in order to counter the reputation of his father. This man has nothing personal against Dantes, however, he has Dantes incarcerated as a most dangerous criminal. Perhaps the conspiracy would not have been so successful had not the denunciation fallen into the hands of the public prosecutor, Monsieur de Villefort. Danglars will become captain of the Pharaon once Dantes is removed, Fernand aspires to win Mercedes' love, and Caderousse is a jealous neighbor of Dantes. These three enemies are Danglars, Fernand Mondego, and Caderousse.

They write a letter falsely incriminating him in a Bonapartist plot (the royalists are currently in power). His success has earned him three conspiring enemies. In addition, Dantes has plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes who has awaited his return from sea with great anxiety and love.ĭantes will not get the chance to realize his bright future, however. His father's financial situation as well as his own will be greatly ameliorated. He thus plans to make Dantes officially the next captain of the ship.ĭantes future is thus promising. He finds that the captain has died en route, and Dantes has assumed the post with admirable skill. He has just returned from a journey aboard the Pharaon. The novel begins with the handsome young sailor Edmond Dantes.