The Count of Monte Cristo

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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.…

Details

• AuthorAlexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
• SourceProject Gutenberg #1184
• Length451,539 words · 30h 06m of reading
• Chapters119
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

119 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival
2. 02Chapter 2. Father and Son
3. 03Chapter 3. The Catalans
4. 04Chapter 4. Conspiracy
5. 05C’est bien prouvé par le déluge.’1
6. 06Chapter 5. The Marriage Feast
7. 07Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi
8. 08Chapter 7. The Examination
9. 09Chapter 8. The Château d’If
10. 10Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal
11. 11Chapter 10. The King’s Closet at the Tuileries
12. 12Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre
13. 13Chapter 12. Father and Son
14. 14Chapter 13. The Hundred Days
15. 15Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners
16. 16Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27
17. 17Chapter 16. A Learned Italian
18. 18Chapter 17. The Abbé’s Chamber
19. 19Chapter 18. The Treasure
20. 20Chapter 19. The Third Attack
21. 21Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Château d’If
22. 22Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen
23. 23Chapter 22. The Smugglers
24. 24Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo
25. 25Chapter 24. The Secret Cave
26. 26Chapter 25. The Unknown
27. 27Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn
28. 28Chapter 27. The Story
29. 29Chapter 28. The Prison Register
30. 30Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son
31. 31Chapter 30. The Fifth of September
32. 32Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor
33. 33Chapter 32. The Waking
34. 34Chapter 33. Roman Bandits
35. 35Chapter 34. The Colosseum
36. 36Chapter 35. La Mazzolata
37. 37Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome
38. 38Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
39. 39Chapter 38. The Rendezvous
40. 40Chapter 39. The Guests
41. 41Chapter 40. The Breakfast
42. 42Chapter 41. The Presentation
43. 43Chapter 42. Monsieur Bertuccio
44. 44Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil
45. 45Chapter 44. The Vendetta
46. 46Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood
47. 47Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit
48. 48Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays
49. 49Chapter 48. Ideology
50. 50Chapter 49. Haydée
51. 51Chapter 50. The Morrel Family
52. 52Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe
53. 53Chapter 52. Toxicology
54. 54Chapter 53. Robert le Diable
55. 55Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks
56. 56Metà della metà.’9
57. 57Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti
58. 58Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti
59. 59Chapter 57. In the Lucern Patch
60. 60Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort
61. 61Chapter 59. The Will
62. 62Chapter 60. The Telegraph
63. 63Chapter 61. How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches
64. 64Chapter 62. Ghosts
65. 65Chapter 63. The Dinner
66. 66Chapter 64. The Beggar
67. 67Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene
68. 68Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects
69. 69Chapter 67. The Office of the King’s Attorney
70. 70Chapter 68. A Summer Ball
71. 71Chapter 69. The Inquiry
72. 72Chapter 70. The Ball
73. 73Chapter 71. Bread and Salt
74. 74Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Méran
75. 75Chapter 73. The Promise
76. 76Chapter 74. The Villefort Family Vault
77. 77Chapter 75. A Signed Statement
78. 78Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger
79. 79Chapter 77. Haydée
80. 80Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina
81. 81Chapter 79. The Lemonade
82. 82Chapter 80. The Accusation
83. 83Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker
84. 84Chapter 82. The Burglary
85. 85Chapter 83. The Hand of God
86. 86Chapter 84. Beauchamp
87. 87Chapter 85. The Journey
88. 88Chapter 86. The Trial
89. 89Chapter 87. The Challenge
90. 90Chapter 88. The Insult
91. 91Chapter 89. The Night
92. 92Chapter 90. The Meeting
93. 93Chapter 91. Mother and Son
94. 94Chapter 92. The Suicide
95. 95Chapter 93. Valentine
96. 96Chapter 94. Maximilian’s Avowal
97. 97Chapter 95. Father and Daughter
98. 98Chapter 96. The Contract
99. 99Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium
100. 100Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern
101. 101Chapter 99. The Law
102. 102Chapter 100. The Apparition
103. 103Chapter 101. Locusta
104. 104Chapter 102. Valentine
105. 105Chapter 103. Maximilian
106. 106Chapter 104. Danglars’ Signature
107. 107Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise
108. 108Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds
109. 109Chapter 107. The Lions’ Den
110. 110Chapter 108. The Judge
111. 111Chapter 109. The Assizes
112. 112Chapter 110. The Indictment
113. 113Chapter 111. Expiation
114. 114Chapter 112. The Departure
115. 115Chapter 113. The Past
116. 116Chapter 114. Peppino
117. 117Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa’s Bill of Fare
118. 118Chapter 116. The Pardon
119. 119Chapter 117. The Fifth of October

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