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In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes finds himself imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, owing to the cowardice of four men: his jealous colleagues, Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse, and the corrupt crown prosecutor Villefort, who falsifies Dantes’ case to save his own career. Dantes’ false imprisonment is devastating, because it steals from him all that he loves: his career success, his beloved fiancée, and even his kindness toward others, since he becomes vengeful in prison, vowing to ruin those who wronged him. However, while Dantes initially believes that his quest for vengeance is both just and aligned with God’s will, he comes to realize—in some cases too late—that vengeance has unexpected consequences, including harming innocent people. Through following Dantes’ complex revenge and the evolution of his thoughts on fate and morality, Dumas suggests that justice and revenge are not synonymous. A man who respects justice will not systematically seek retribution—instead, he will leave others to their fates, allowing God to decide their punishment.
To exact his revenge, Dantes creates the character of the Count of Monte Cristo, whom numerous figures in the novel refer to as an “Avenging Angel” or as “Lord Ruthwen,” a Dracula-like character. The avenging angel characterization suggests the righteous nature of his vengeance; Dantes’ enemies committed an abhorrent sin against him and have, so far, lived unpunished. In this light, it seems justified that Dantes would seek retribution. Dantes himself justifies his revenge as simply taking “an eye for an eye” (ruining their lives as they’ve ruined his), which is a standard of justice found both in the Bible and in ancient Mesopotamian legal codes. Dantes’ near-fatalistic assurance that he will achieve his goal of revenge imbues his vengeance with a sense of inevitability, as though he really were an “angel” carrying out a punishment that is divinely ordained.
However, describing Dantes as Dracula-like suggests the darker side of his quest for revenge, complicating the notion that revenge is synonymous with justice and that it can be considered God’s will. While the Count is meticulous and effective in his revenge plots, leading him to successfully ruin his enemies’ lives, he comes to realize that his vengeance has unintended consequences. For example, his plot to destroy the Villefort family leads Mme de Villefort to murder the innocent Edouard, ostensibly to protect her son from further harm. And Mercedes, his beloved fiancée from his youth, is hurt by the Count’s revenge on her husband, Fernand, who was one of the men who sent the Count to prison. The Count, who believes that he must render “the shame of the father ... upon the son” (1018), intends to kill Fernand’s son Albert as part of his vengeance, but Mercedes intervenes. When the Count realizes that, since Albert is also Mercedes’ son, he would hurt the innocent Mercedes by killing Albert, the Count relents and leaves Albert to his own fate. Mercedes’ intervention suggests that vengeance can never be tidy or just, because people are interconnected. Ruining any one man also devastates all those who love and depend on him, which only creates further wrongs to avenge.
Thus, the Count’s attitude toward revenge and justice changes substantially by the close of the novel. At the beginning of chapter 113, “The Past,” the narrator announces that, “since the death of little Edouard, a great change had overtaken Monte Cristo. Having reached the summit of his vengeance by the slow and tortuous route that he had followed, he had looked over the far side of the mountain and into the abyss of doubt.” He remembers his love for Mercedes, the difficulties of his escape from prison, and all that he has worked for, and gained, via his wealth over the preceding ten years, including access to the world’s cities and highest social strata. Later in that chapter, the Count returns to the prison at the Chateau D’If, where he was forced to live in the darkness of the dungeon for fourteen years, and there, having seen again evidence of some of the Abbe Faria’s tools and ingenuity, he is reminded of that man’s goodwill—the aid he provided young Dantes when he was on the verge of suicidal despair at the thought of his unjust imprisonment.
The Count therefore devotes the remainder of his life to two aims, believing that his desire for vengeance has run its course, and that instead he must do what he can to help those close to him to achieve their own fates, in accordance with the will of a God for whom, the Count realizes, he can no longer be an avenging angel. He tells young Morrel, son of his former boss (Old Morrel), that he will provide him with hope on the fifth of October—and on that day, he guarantees Morrel’s fortune, making him inheritor of his enormous wealth, and reveals that he has spirited Valentine de Villefort away from her family and from her stepmother, who wished to poison and kill her. This, coupled with the Count’s realization, in ch. 117, that he has for some time loved devotedly his former “slave” Haydee, produces a recalibration of his sense of justice, vengeance, and God’s will. Here, what is just is not whatever squares the ledgers of the past. Instead, the Count, sailing off into the sunset with Haydee, looks to his own future happiness and to Morrel’s happiness with Valentine. He has done what he can to insure both, in accordance with a will he hopes to be divine. But he recognizes that fate and justice will be served not by his human intervention, but by a future, ordered by God, which he cannot foretell.
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Justice, Revenge, and God’s Will Quotes in The Count of Monte Cristo
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Chapter 2 Quotes
Come, now ... I have a better opinion than you of women in general, and Mercedes in particular, and I am persuaded that, whether I were a captain or not, she would remain faithful to me.
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Dantes insists to Caderousse that, although it has been rumored that Mercedes has been spending a good deal of time with Fernand, Dantes is not worried about it – because Mercedes has told Dantes she is betrothed to him. Dantes therefore indicates that he trusts Mercedes, and that, in turn, he believes her to be faithful. At this stage of the novel, Dantes is not suspicious of anyone, especially those close to him, and instead chooses to see the good qualities in people. For example, he even has kind words to report to Morrel about Danglars, although Danglars is beginning Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetu
Chapter 4 Quotes
Come on, come on ... I think that the matter is properly under way now, and all we have to do is to let it take its course.
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In this scene, Danglars tells Caderousse that the letter he has drafted, indicating that Dantes is part of a plot to overthrow the French king, will have its effect. That effect, as Danglars initially described it to Caderousse and Fernand, is to make sure that Dantes winds up in prison. Caderousse has been a passive participant in this plot since its inception, as he’s become very drunk on red wine. Danglars is the brains behind the plot, but he is careful in this scene to entice Fernand into wanting to “steal” the letter, which Danglars appears to want to discard. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum
Chapter 12 Quotes
The king! I thought him enough of a philosopher to realize that there is no such thing as murder in politics. You know as well as I do, my dear boy, that in politics there are no people, only ideas; no feelings, only interests. In politics, you don’t kill a man, you remove an obstacle, that’s all.
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Noirtier explains to Villefort his view of political engagement. Noirtier is a Girondist—a former supporter of the French revolution, and Napoleon—and Villefort, his son, is loyal to the current Royalist government. But there are additional differences between these two men. Here, Noirtier seems to be saying that political principle is not so important as a person finding the particular end that he or she seeks, whatever the means. In other words, it is only idealistic—or even fanciful—to say that a political killing is murder, or that one is passionate about one’s ruler, or that one respects the rule of law Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste eni
Chapter 16 Quotes
Finally, do you realize that I thought my labors were at an end, that I felt I had just enough strength to complete the task, and that God has now not only set back my goal but removed it, I know not where? Oh, let me tell you, and repeat it: I shall not take another step to try and regain my freedom, since God’s will is for me to have lost it for ever.
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The Abbe has been working for many years to dig a tunnel out of his prison cell. He tells Dantes that he once believed this tunnel to go from his cell to the outer wall of the prison, thus enabling his search for freedom. But now he realizes that he has only tunneled into Dantes’s cell, which has resulted in friendship with the young man, but has dashed his dreams of escape. The Abbe here describes in real time how he responds to this news. He seems to have settled on the idea that it is God’s will that he Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. T
Chapter 17 Quotes
I regret having helped you in your investigation and said what I did to you ...
Why is that?
Because I have insinuated a feeling into your heart that was not previously there: the desire for revenge ...
Let us change the subject.
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The Abbe has helped Dantes to figure out that Danglars, Fernand, Villefort, and Caderousse were involved in the plot to place him in prison in the Chateau D’If. After hearing this, Dantes goes off into his cell for a while, before returning to begin his schooling with the Abbe. The Abbe is nervous that, in instilling in Dantes the desire for revenge, he will alter the course of Dantes’s life, especially if Dantes is ever able to escape from prison. And Dantes, ominously in this section, does not admit to what is in his heart: that he is already beginning Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima a
Chapter 20 Quotes
Die! No, no! It was not worth living so long, and suffering so much, to die now. Death was welcome previously, when I made a resolution to meet it ... But now it would truly be conceding too much to my miserable fate. No, I want to live, I want to struggle to the end.
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At this point in the novel, Dantes finds himself alone in prison once again. The Abbe Faria has succumbed to his third seizure, and Dantes is reminded of the time at the Chateau D’If before he knew the Abbe, when he thought all was lost, and suicide was the only option for him. In that previous case, Dantes heard the scratching on his prison wall and encountered the Abbe, thus resolving to live longer and to enjoy human companionship in prison. But in this situation, Dantes realizes that the Abbe can no longer help him, that he might in fact Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impe
Chapter 24 Quotes
Then he began to count his fortune. There were a thousand gold ingots, each of two or three pounds. Next to these, he piled 25,000 gold ecus, each worth perhaps twenty-four francs in today’s money ... Finally, he measured ten times the capacity of his joined hands in pearls, precious stones and diamonds ...
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This marks the beginning of Dantes’ change of station, for he has finally found the Abbe Faria’s long-rumored fortune, buried on the island of Monte Cristo. At first, Dantes makes sure he has counted everything accurately, and as the magnitude of the fortune sinks in for him, he begins to realize just what might be possible for him. He was once a promising young first mate on his way toward marriage and a promotion to captain. Then he was thrown in prison for a crime he did not commit. But now, after a combination of skill and good fortune, Dantes Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Tot
Chapter 27 Quotes
Monsieur ... they had both made me drink until I was almost senseless. Everything was blurred. I protested as much as a man can in such a state, but they assured me it was a joke they were playing and that nothing would come of it.
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Here, Caderousse claims that he is not responsible for the crime that was committed against Dantes and plotted by Danglars and Fernand. Caderousse’s excuse is that he was too drunk to be a meaningful part of this plot – instead, he merely looked on without doing anything to stop it. This last point is an important one. For Caderousse, in this section, admits that he did not have the courage to intercede on Dantes’s behalf, to address the wrong he knew was about to be committed against him. But Caderousse insists that he was immediately regretful of the plot when Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore l
Chapter 30 Quotes
And now ... farewell, goodness, humanity, gratitude ... Farewell all those feelings that nourish and illuminate the heart! I have taken the place of Providence to reward the good; now let the avenging God make way for me to punish the wrongdoer!
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Dantes remarks this aloud after making sure that, in the guise of Sinbad the Sailor, he has provided enough money and a new boat to Morrel, so that his company might continue to operate. Dantes has already given a jewel to Caderousse, believing that the innkeeper is seriously willing to amend his ways and contrite for his lack of courage during the plot against Dantes. And here, Dantes wants to bolster the good-standing of Old Morrel in and around Marseille, where he has long retained a reputation for scrupulous accounting. It is important to note the many consequences of Dantes’s Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Del
Chapter 38 Quotes
What country does the Count come from? What is his language? What are his means of support? Where does his huge fortune come from? What was the first half of this mysterious and unknown life, that it has cast over the second half such a dark and misanthropic shadow?
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After Albert agrees to meet with the Count in Paris a few months later, and to show him around polite Parisian society, Franz pulls his friend aside and asks him these questions. Franz has been nervous from the start about the Count, after he has put together that the Count must be the same man as the mysterious Sinbad the Sailor, whom he met and took drugs with on the island of Monte Cristo. And Franz seems particularly upset by the Count’s obsession with instruments of revenge, as demonstrated by the Count’s avid watching of the execution that takes place Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut min
Chapter 43 Quotes
Come away, Monsieur! Come away, I beg you. You are on the very spot!
What spot is that?
The spot where he fell.
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In this passage, the Count has brought his servant Bertuccio with him to a country home the Count has just purchased in the suburbs outside Paris. Bertuccio cannot believe what he sees, however, because, as he reveals slowly to the Count, this is the very house in which he once killed a man years ago. The Count appears shocked at this information, but the narrator makes clear to readers that the Count has purchased this exact home precisely because he knows that Bertuccio once attacked a man there, and that, as Bertuccio later tells it, that man was trying to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt
Chapter 48 Quotes
But everything that you know, with respect to the French legal system, I know, not only with respect to that, but also to the laws of every country: the laws of the English, the Turks, the Japanese and the Hindus are as familiar to me as those of the French ... relative to all that I have done, you have very little to do, and relative to what I have learned, you still have very much to learn.
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The Count has come to Villefort’s home to meet with him, and to make an impression on him – to demonstrate he’s not afraid of Villefort’s authority. Although Villefort cuts quite an imposing figure throughout Paris, the Count tells him in this passage that he knows every bit as much as Villefort, and then some – that he does not shy away from Villefort’s supposed knowledge of legal statutes. The Count has begun this study while in prison with the Abbe Faria, where he learned some of the languages and cultures of the world, and he has increased his knowledge Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit bea
Chapter 52 Quotes
A drop of that elixir sufficed to bring the child back to life when he was dying, but three drops would have driven the blood into his lungs in such a way as to give him palpitations of the heart. Six would have interrupted his breathing and caused him a much more serious fit than the one he was already suffering. Ten would have killed him.
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Here, the Count explains to Mme de Villefort the art of poisoning and medicine he has learned in his travels overseas. Specifically, the Count states that what appears to be a poison can, in fact, be a life-saving treatment, if administered in small doses. But when a poison is allowed to suddenly overwhelm the system of a human subject, there is nothing the body can do to build up immunity to the chemical, and the person dies. Mme de Villefort, for her part, seems extremely interested in this information. Poison is one of the most important symbols in the novel. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium
Chapter 62 Quotes
You mean, I didn’t kill him?
Come, come ...
But he isn’t dead?
No, he isn’t, as you can very well see. Instead of striking him between the sixth and seventh left rib, as your compatriots usually do, you must have struck higher or lower; and these lawyers, you know, are not easy to kill off.
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Here, Bertuccio is surprised to learn from the Count that Villefort is still alive. Bertuccio believed that he stabbed Villefort to death behind the house in Auteuil, as a means of satisfying the vendetta Bertuccio had placed on Villefort in remembrance of his brother. The Count, of course, has known all along that Villefort still lives. But he has enjoyed making Bertuccio wait to discover this fact, as he has assembled all the novel’s primary character in the house in Auteuil as a way of demonstrating to Villefort and the Baroness that he is aware some kind of crime was Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta i
Chapter 64 Quotes
Alas, alas! ... One can never be completely happy in this world.
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In this passage, Andrea has just run into Caderousse, who has left him in the street after blackmailing him into monthly payments. Caderousse has known Andrea since they were imprisoned together years before, and Caderousse is also aware that Andrea is receiving money from the Count. Andrea himself thinks that the Count might be his legitimate father, and Caderousse, always eager to make money without having to work, decides he can milk part of this income from Andrea, against the threat that he makes public Andrea’s true identity as the criminal Benedetto. Andrea, for his part, seems to take this Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Poss
Chapter 71 Quotes
How can you live like that, with nothing attaching you to life?
It is not my fault, Madame. In Malta I loved a girl and was going to marry her, when the war came and swept me away from her like a whirlwind. I thought that she loved me enough to wait for me, even to remain faithful to my tomb. When I came back, she was married.
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In this passage, Mercedes wonders how the Count can live the life he lives, without friends or lovers or family, and with, it seems, a near-total understanding of the customs and activities of Parisian social life. In response, the Count describes to Mercedes what has actually happened to the two of them, and both characters indeed know this to be the case – although the Count continues to insist that he is not Dantes, and that the woman he loved actually lived in Malta. Mercedes is clearly affected deeply by this exchange, even though she too maintains the fantasy that Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusan
Chapter 77 Quotes
I was taken to the bazaar. A rich Armenian bought me, educated me, gave me teachers and, when I was thirteen, sold me to Sultan Mahmoud.
And from him, I bought her, as I told you, Albert, for that stone equal to the one in which I keep my lozenges of hashish.
Oh, my lord, how good and great you are ... How fortunate I am to belong to you!
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Here, the Count wishes to demonstrate for Albert Haydee’s life story. He also wants Albert to see how devoted Haydee is to him – that Haydee believes she owes her entire life to the Count, for saving her from continued bondage in the Middle East. Although perceptive readers have sensed for some time that Haydee’s father, the Ali Pasha, was killed by Albert’s father Fernand, Albert is not yet aware of this, and indeed is taken in by Haydee, her beauty, and her melancholy story of her young life overseas. Haydee’s affection for the Count, as described here, is total Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. U
Chapter 80 Quotes
How odd it was! For all the confused feelings that he experienced on seeing [Valentine’s] tears, he also managed to observe Mme de Villefort; and it seemed to him that a faint, dark smile passed briefly across her thin lips, like one of those sinister meteors that can be glimpsed as they fall between two clouds against a stormy day.
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Villefort has learned from the doctor that all signs seem to point to Valentine as the potential poisoner in his home. But this simply doesn’t sit well with Villefort, who adores his daughter, and appears incapable of thinking for more than an idle second that she could be capable of such cold-hearted malice. In this quotation, then, the narrator indicates the beginning of a feeling on Villefort’s part that it is not Valentine, but his own wife who might be responsible for the poisonings. A reader could reasonably ask how it’s possible that Villefort, a trained prosecutor, is unable to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Po
Chapter 83 Quotes
Oh, God. Oh, God, forgive me for denying You. You do indeed exist, You are the father of men in heaven and their judge on earth. Oh, my Lord, I have long mistaken You! My Lord God, forgive me! My god, my Lord, receive my soul!
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This is a scene of great dramatic tumult. Here, the Count finally tells Caderousse that he is in fact Edmond Dantes, and Caderousse, on the verge of death, tries to repent to God. Throughout the entirety of the novel, Caderousse has remained a troublesome character. In the early stages of Dantes’s escape from prison, when he meets Caderousse at the inn in the disguise of the Abbe Busoni, it seems that the innkeeper might really be able to mend his ways. But Caderousse’s fundamental passivity, his willingness to give in to the worst impulses of others, leads him astray, first Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. E
Chapter 89 Quotes
What would you say if you knew the extent of the sacrifice I am making for you? Suppose that the Lord God, after creating the world, after fertilizing the void, had stopped one-third of the way through His creation to spare an angel the tears that our crimes would one day bring to His immortal eyes. Suppose that ... God had extinguished the sun and with His foot dashed the world into eternal night ...
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This quotation offers a piece of extremely grand language from the Count. Mercedes has asked that the Count forgo killing Albert in a duel, and the Count, saying that he will agree to this, feels he must give up the entire course of his revenge. For this revenge, as the Count sees it, has been planned for over 15 years, and to change even the smallest part of it now would be akin to destroying a beautiful creation, a world the Count has been building in his mind over the course of many nights in solitude, in the dungeon and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in.
Chapter 91 Quotes
Yes, I share your hope: the wrath of heaven will not pursue us, you who are so pure and I so innocent. But since we are resolved, let us act promptly. Monsieur de Morcerf left the house around half an hour ago; so, as you see, we have a good opportunity to avoid scandal or explanations.
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Here, Albert tells his mother that he has a plan for both of them after Fernand’s disgrace. Although this plan will not be easy to carry off, and it will involve their total loss of social prestige in Paris, at least they will be able to leave the city alive. And, as Albert notes, the two of them are innocent parties – they have not committed the same kinds of sins as Fernand, who has been revealed to the French public as a terrible sinner, a coward, and a liar. Albert has already demonstrated gentlemanly devotion to his friend the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum
Chapter 96 Quotes
Who is this Andrea Cavalcanti, then?
A former convict who escaped from the penitentiary of Toulon.
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The Baron Danglars always appears to be one step behind those around him, even though he prides himself on being a shrewd banker and manager of funds. Here, Danglars is one of the last to know that Andrea Cavalcanti, the man he wishes to marry to his daughter Eugenie, is a fraud. As the police officer announces, Andrea is no nobleman at all, and he has almost no money to his name. Instead, he is a criminal with a checkered past, and the economic disaster Danglars has experienced – brought on by the Count’s manipulation of the markets – is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis
Chapter 99 Quotes
But in the end, since I myself failed and was found wanting—more profoundly perhaps than other men; well, since that time I have shaken out their clothes to discover a blemish, and I have always found it; I will say more: I have found it with joy, this evidence of human weakness and perversity.
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In this scene, Villefort tries to explain how he deals with the guilt of the crimes he’s committed. Of course, the Baroness believes Villefort is talking about their child out of wedlock, whom Villefort sought to kill. But what the Baroness does not know is Villefort’s additional crime, of making sure that Dantes remained in prison, when Villefort had every means necessary to secure his release. This was, in a sense, Villefort’s original sin in the text, and his other behaviors – his pomposity, his impatience with others, and of course his hiding of the affair with the Baroness – Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit
Chapter 103 Quotes
You see, the angel for whom you longed has left this earth. She no longer needs the adoration of men – she, who, at this moment, is adoring the Lord. So say your farewells, Monsieur, to these sad remains that she has left behind among us.
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Here, Villefort explains to Maximilien that Valentine has died, and that all the two of them can do is weep together. Maximilien has, only seconds before, finally introduced himself to Villefort as the man in love with Valentine – Villefort had not yet met him. And though under different circumstances, Villefort would have done anything to keep Valentine from marrying the son of Old Morrel, here, with Valentine believed to be dead, he shows a more tender side of his personality. Villefort has been essentially destroyed by the Count – his family has fallen apart, and now is beloved daughter Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi
Chapter 106 Quotes
Oh, yes, now. That’s where the trying times will begin. You know what is agreed?
Have we agreed something?
Yes, it is agreed that you will live in Marseille and I shall leave for Africa. There, instead of the name I have given up, I shall make for myself the name I have adopted.
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After the death of Fernand, Albert decides that his mother must leave for a nunnery, and he will make his fortunes abroad as a soldier. Although Albert does not say so explicitly, he indicates that, since his father was a disgraced soldier, a traitor, and a coward, Albert might make up for his father’s shame by proving his own mettle with the French forces on foreign battlefields. Mercedes, in contrast to her son, wishes not to embrace life but to hide from it, to leave the social world of Paris behind and to spend time with her thoughts and memories, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum v
Chapter 117 Quotes
Yes, he is gone. Farewell, my friend! Farewell, my sister!
Who knows if we shall ever see them again?
My dearest ... has the Count not just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words – ‘wait’ and ‘hope’?
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These are the final words of the novel. All four of the characters in this final scene have had, in their own ways, to “hope” and “wait” for salvation. Haydee, in the Middle East, could only hope and wait for deliverance from her bondage; this deliverance did indeed arrive, in the form of the Count, who whisked her to Paris. Valentine had to hope and wait, while in a drug-induced coma, that Maximilien would indeed arrive on the island to marry her. Maximilien had to hope and wait that the Count’s urgings were genuine – that something great was in Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendi
