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The Count of Monte Cristo

Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas · Public domain text

460,402 words · about 32 h 14 min to read

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Read along: 78 of 117 sections. Audio only: 004 - Conspiracy, 006 - The Deputy Procureur Du Roi, 008 - The Chateau D'If, 015 - Number 34 and Number 27, 021 - The Island of Tiboulen, 022 - The Smugglers, 024 - The Secret Cave, 026 - The Pont Du Gard Inn, 029 - The House of Morrell and Son, 030 - The 5th September, 034 - The Coliseum, 038 - The Compact, 042 - Monsieur Bettuccio, 043 - The House at Auteuil, 045 - The Rain of Blood, 047 - The Dappled Greys, 049 - Haidee, 053 - Robert Le Diable, 055 - Major Cavalcanti, 057 - In The Lucerne Patch, 066 - Matrimonial Projects, 074 - The Villefort Family Vault, 077 - Haidee, 078 - We Hear From Yanina, 081 - The Room of the Retired Baker, 085 - The Journey, 086 - The Trial, 089 - A Nocturnal Interview, 094 - Maximilian's Avowal, 098 - The Bell and Bottom Tavern, 101 - Locusta, 102 - Valentine, 103 - Maximilian, 105 - The Cemetry of Pere-La-Chaise, 111 - Expiation, 113 - The Past, 114 - Peppino, 115 - Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare, 117 - The Fifth of October. Narration still plays in these sections. Start read along at 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.

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The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, then published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers (1844) and Man in the Iron Mask (1850). Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter, Auguste Maquet. It is regarded as a classic of French and world literature.

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Authors: Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), Auguste Maquet (1813–1888)
Language: English
Subjects: Historical fiction, Revenge › Fiction, Adventure stories, Prisoners › Fiction, France › History › 19th century › Fiction, Pirates › Fiction
Length: 460,402 words · about 32 h 14 min
Sections: 118 reader sections · Table of contents
Audiobook: Listen free (LibriVox)
Source: Project Gutenberg #1184

Contents (118)

Opening about 2 min
1. Marseilles—The Arrival about 13 min
2. Father and Son about 10 min
3. The Catalans about 16 min
4. Conspiracy about 9 min
5. The Marriage Feast about 23 min
6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi about 18 min
7. The Examination about 15 min
8. The Château d’If about 13 min
9. The Evening of the Betrothal about 8 min
10. The King’s Closet at the Tuileries about 12 min
11. The Corsican Ogre about 12 min
12. Father and Son about 11 min
13. The Hundred Days about 10 min
14. The Two Prisoners about 13 min
15. Number 34 and Number 27 about 22 min
16. A Learned Italian about 17 min
17. The Abbé’s Chamber about 32 min
18. The Treasure about 19 min
19. The Third Attack about 16 min
20. The Cemetery of the Château d’If about 8 min
21. The Island of Tiboulen about 16 min
22. The Smugglers about 12 min
23. The Island of Monte Cristo about 13 min
24. The Secret Cave about 13 min
25. The Unknown about 13 min
26. The Pont du Gard Inn about 23 min
27. The Story about 21 min
28. The Prison Register about 10 min
29. The House of Morrel & Son about 18 min
30. The Fifth of September about 24 min
31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor about 36 min
32. The Waking about 9 min
33. Roman Bandits about 46 min
34. The Colosseum about 45 min
35. La Mazzolata about 22 min
36. The Carnival at Rome about 27 min
37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian about 25 min
38. The Rendezvous about 13 min
39. The Guests about 11 min
40. The Breakfast about 35 min
41. The Presentation about 21 min
42. Monsieur Bertuccio about 7 min
43. The House at Auteuil about 10 min
44. The Vendetta about 35 min
45. The Rain of Blood about 22 min
46. Unlimited Credit about 21 min
47. The Dappled Grays about 22 min
48. Ideology about 19 min
49. Haydée about 8 min
50. The Morrel Family about 14 min
51. Pyramus and Thisbe about 21 min
52. Toxicology about 26 min
53. Robert le Diable about 26 min
54. A Flurry in Stocks about 17 min
55. Major Cavalcanti about 15 min
56. Andrea Cavalcanti about 18 min
57. In the Lucern Patch about 18 min
58. M. Noirtier de Villefort about 14 min
59. The Will about 13 min
60. The Telegraph about 15 min
61. How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches about 13 min
62. Ghosts about 12 min
63. The Dinner about 14 min
64. The Beggar about 13 min
65. A Conjugal Scene about 15 min
66. Matrimonial Projects about 14 min
67. The Office of the King’s Attorney about 18 min
68. A Summer Ball about 9 min
69. The Inquiry about 13 min
70. The Ball about 13 min
71. Bread and Salt about 6 min
72. Madame de Saint-Méran about 17 min
73. The Promise about 39 min
74. The Villefort Family Vault about 13 min
75. A Signed Statement about 16 min
76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger about 14 min
77. Haydée about 34 min
78. We hear From Yanina about 30 min
79. The Lemonade about 17 min
80. The Accusation about 8 min
81. The Room of the Retired Baker about 24 min
82. The Burglary about 19 min
83. The Hand of God about 8 min
84. Beauchamp about 9 min
85. The Journey about 14 min
86. The Trial about 19 min
87. The Challenge about 9 min
88. The Insult about 14 min
89. The Night about 12 min
90. The Meeting about 17 min
91. Mother and Son about 9 min
92. The Suicide about 13 min
93. Valentine about 11 min
94. Maximilian’s Avowal about 16 min
95. Father and Daughter about 14 min
96. The Contract about 16 min
97. The Departure for Belgium about 9 min
98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern about 19 min
99. The Law about 14 min
100. The Apparition about 10 min
101. Locusta about 8 min
102. Valentine about 8 min
103. Maximilian about 12 min
104. Danglars’ Signature about 15 min
105. The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise about 19 min
106. Dividing the Proceeds about 22 min
107. The Lions’ Den about 11 min
108. The Judge about 14 min
109. The Assizes about 8 min
110. The Indictment about 11 min
111. Expiation about 13 min
112. The Departure about 22 min
113. The Past about 18 min
114. Peppino about 16 min
115. Luigi Vampa’s Bill of Fare about 9 min
116. The Pardon about 7 min
117. The Fifth of October about 23 min

The opening of 1. Marseilles—The Arrival

On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island.
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocée docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
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.

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