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Alexandre Dumas, with Auguste Maquet · Chapman and Hall English edition

The Count of Monte Cristo

Follow imprisonment, reinvention, and revenge as Edmond Dantès confronts the human consequences of acting as providence.

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Contents

Volume 1

  1. Volume 1: Chapter 1: Marseilles--The Arrival
  2. Volume 1: Chapter 2: Father and Son
  3. Volume 1: Chapter 3: The Catalans
  4. Volume 1: Chapter 4: Conspiracy
  5. Volume 1: Chapter 5: The Marriage Feast
  6. Volume 1: Chapter 6: The Deputy Procureur du Roi
  7. Volume 1: Chapter 7: The Examination
  8. Volume 1: Chapter 8: The Chateau d'If
  9. Volume 1: Chapter 9: The Evening of the Betrothal
  10. Volume 1: Chapter 10: The King's Closet At the Tuileries
  11. Volume 1: Chapter 11: The Corsican Ogre
  12. Volume 1: Chapter 12: Father and Son
  13. Volume 1: Chapter 13: The Hundred Days
  14. Volume 1: Chapter 14: The Two Prisoners
  15. Volume 1: Chapter 15: Number 34 and Number 27
  16. Volume 1: Chapter 16: A Learned Italian
  17. Volume 1: Chapter 17: The Abbé's Chamber
  18. Volume 1: Chapter 18: The Treasure
  19. Volume 1: Chapter 19: The Third Attack
  20. Volume 1: Chapter 20: The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If
  21. Volume 1: Chapter 21: The Island of Tiboulen
  22. Volume 1: Chapter 22: The Smugglers
  23. Volume 1: Chapter 23: The Island of Monte Cristo
  24. Volume 1: Chapter 24: The Secret Cave
  25. Volume 1: Chapter 25: The Unknown
  26. Volume 1: Chapter 26: The Pont du Gard Inn
  27. Volume 1: Chapter 27: The Story
  28. Volume 1: Chapter 28: The Prison Register
  29. Volume 1: Chapter 29: The House of Morrel & Son
  30. Volume 1: Chapter 30: The Fifth of September
  31. Volume 1: Chapter 31: Italy: Sinbad the Sailor
  32. Volume 1: Chapter 32: The Waking
  33. Volume 1: Chapter 33: Roman Bandits
  34. Volume 1: Chapter 34: The Colosseum
  35. Volume 1: Chapter 35: La Mazzolata
  36. Volume 1: Chapter 36: The Carnival At Rome
  37. Volume 1: Chapter 37: The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
  38. Volume 1: Chapter 38: The Rendezvous
  39. Volume 1: Chapter 39: The Guests
  40. Volume 1: Chapter 40: The Breakfast
  41. Volume 1: Chapter 41: The Presentation
  42. Volume 1: Chapter 42: Monsieur Bertuccio
  43. Volume 1: Chapter 43: The House At Auteuil
  44. Volume 1: Chapter 44: The Vendetta
  45. Volume 1: Chapter 45: The Rain of Blood
  46. Volume 1: Chapter 46: Unlimited Credit
  47. Volume 1: Chapter 47: The Dappled Grays
  48. Volume 1: Chapter 48: Ideology
  49. Volume 1: Chapter 49: Haydée
  50. Volume 1: Chapter 50: The Morrel Family
  51. Volume 1: Chapter 51: Pyramus and Thisbe
  52. Volume 1: Chapter 52: Toxicology
  53. Volume 1: Chapter 53: Robert Le Diable
  54. Volume 1: Chapter 54: A Flurry in Stocks
  55. Volume 1: Chapter 55: Major Cavalcanti
  56. Volume 1: Chapter 56: Andrea Cavalcanti
  57. Volume 1: Chapter 57: In the Lucern Patch
  58. Volume 1: Chapter 58: M. Noirtier de Villefort
  59. Volume 1: Chapter 59: The Will
  60. Volume 1: Chapter 60: The Telegraph
  61. Volume 1: Chapter 61: How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice That Eat His
  62. Volume 1: Chapter 62: Ghosts
  63. Volume 1: Chapter 63: The Dinner
  64. Volume 1: Chapter 64: The Beggar
  65. Volume 1: Chapter 65: A Conjugal Scene
  66. Volume 1: Chapter 66: Matrimonial Projects
  67. Volume 1: Chapter 67: The Office of the King's Attorney
  68. Volume 1: Chapter 68: A Summer Ball
  69. Volume 1: Chapter 69: The Inquiry
  70. Volume 1: Chapter 70: The Ball
  71. Volume 1: Chapter 71: Bread and Salt
  72. Volume 1: Chapter 72: Madame de Saint-Méran
  73. Volume 1: Chapter 73: The Promise
  74. Volume 1: Chapter 74: The Villefort Family Vault
  75. Volume 1: Chapter 75: A Signed Statement
  76. Volume 1: Chapter 76: Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger
  77. Volume 1: Chapter 77: Haydée
  78. Volume 1: Chapter 78: We Hear From Yanina
  79. Volume 1: Chapter 79: The Lemonade
  80. Volume 1: Chapter 80: The Accusation
  81. Volume 1: Chapter 81: The Room of the Retired Baker
  82. Volume 1: Chapter 82: The Burglary
  83. Volume 1: Chapter 83: The Hand of God
  84. Volume 1: Chapter 84: Beauchamp
  85. Volume 1: Chapter 85: The Journey
  86. Volume 1: Chapter 86: The Trial
  87. Volume 1: Chapter 87: The Challenge
  88. Volume 1: Chapter 88: The Insult
  89. Volume 1: Chapter 89: The Night
  90. Volume 1: Chapter 90: The Meeting
  91. Volume 1: Chapter 91: Mother and Son
  92. Volume 1: Chapter 92: The Suicide
  93. Volume 1: Chapter 93: Valentine
  94. Volume 1: Chapter 94: Maximilian's Avowal
  95. Volume 1: Chapter 95: Father and Daughter

Volume 5

  1. Volume 5: Chapter 96: The Contract
  2. Volume 5: Chapter 97: The Departure For Belgium
  3. Volume 5: Chapter 98: The Bell and Bottle Tavern
  4. Volume 5: Chapter 99: The Law
  5. Volume 5: Chapter 100: The Apparition
  6. Volume 5: Chapter 101: Locusta
  7. Volume 5: Chapter 102: Valentine
  8. Volume 5: Chapter 103: Maximilian
  9. Volume 5: Chapter 104: Danglars' Signature
  10. Volume 5: Chapter 105: The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise
  11. Volume 5: Chapter 106: Dividing the Proceeds
  12. Volume 5: Chapter 107: The Lions' Den
  13. Volume 5: Chapter 108: The Judge
  14. Volume 5: Chapter 109: The Assizes
  15. Volume 5: Chapter 110: The Indictment
  16. Volume 5: Chapter 111: Expiation
  17. Volume 5: Chapter 112: The Departure
  18. Volume 5: Chapter 113: The Past
  19. Volume 5: Chapter 114: Peppino
  20. Volume 5: Chapter 115: Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare
  21. Volume 5: Chapter 116: The Pardon
  22. Volume 5: Chapter 117: The Fifth of October

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