The Count of Monte Cristo The Complete Story

The Pharaon enters Marseille on 24 February 1815 with its captain dead. Edmond Dantès brings the ship home, and Pierre Morrel rows out to meet him. Ashore, Edmond finds his father short of food and Mercédès waiting to marry him. Danglars writes an accusation, Fernand sends it, and Villefort sends Edmond to Château d'If. Faria teaches him in prison and tells him where a treasure lies on Monte Cristo. Edmond escapes, saves Morrel from ruin and returns under other names. In Rome he rescues Albert from Vampa; in Paris he pursues Danglars, Fernand and Villefort. Bertuccio recounts the buried child's rescue at Auteuil, Haydée exposes Fernand's betrayal at Janina, and Maximilian and Valentine face the poisonings in Villefort's house. Benedetto names his father in court. Edmond finds Édouard dead, spares Danglars and reunites Maximilian with Valentine before leaving with Haydée. Years covered: 1815–1838, with earlier events recalled. Sources: Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, complete text at Project Gutenberg; Maison Napoléon Bonaparte, The History; Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), Louis XVIII of France, at Wikisource. Made with AI: the narration voice and the pictures are AI generated reconstructions, not records of real people or events.