# The Count of Monte Cristo — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

- [I: Marseilles—The Arrival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/i-marseilles-the-arrival.md): The Pharaon arrives in Marseilles on February 24, 1815. Young mate Edmond Dantès informs owner Morrel that Captain Leclère died of brain fever. Dantès reports that the cargo is safe and that he stopped at Elba as instruc
- [Father and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/ii-father-and-son.md): Edmond Dantès returns home to his father after the voyage of the Pharaon. He finds his father in poor health and financial distress, having used the money Edmond left to pay a debt to Caderousse. Edmond shares his hopes 
- [The Catalans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/iii-the-catalans.md): Edmond Dantès returns to the Catalan village to reunite with his beloved Mercédès, only to find her cousin Fernand Mondego consumed by jealousy. Mercédès declares her undying love for Edmond, rejecting Fernand. Fernand l
- [Conspiracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/iv-conspiracy.md): Danglars manipulates Fernand Mondego into denouncing Edmond Dantès as a Bonapartist agent, using a forged letter to the king's attorney. Caderousse, drunk and loyal to Dantès, objects but is too intoxicated to stop the p
- [The Marriage Feast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/v-the-marriage-feast.md): During the wedding feast of Edmond Dantès and Mercédès, the celebration is interrupted by the arrival of a magistrate who arrests Dantès in the name of the law. Danglars and Fernand, who had conspired against Dantès, wat

> 113 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_count_of_monte_cristo_2004kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Deputy Procureur du Roi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/vi-the-deputy-procureur-du-roi.md)
- [VII: The Examination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/vii-the-examination.md)
- [VIII: The Château d’If](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/viii-the-ch-teau-d-if.md)
- [The Evening of the Betrothal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/ix-the-evening-of-the-betrothal.md)
- [The King's Closet at the Tuileries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/x-the-king-s-closet-at-the-tuileries.md)
- [The Corsican Ogre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xi-the-corsican-ogre.md)
- [Father and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xii-father-and-son.md)
- [The Hundred Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xiii-the-hundred-days.md)
- [XIV: The Two Prisoners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xiv-the-two-prisoners.md)
- [Number 34 and Number 27](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xv-number-34-and-number-27.md)
- [A Learned Italian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xvi-a-learned-italian.md)
- [XVII: The Abbé’s Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xvii-the-abb-s-chamber.md)
- [The Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xviii-the-treasure.md)
- [XIX: The Third Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xix-the-third-attack.md)
- [The Cemetery of the Château d’If](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xx-the-cemetery-of-the-ch-teau-d-if.md)
- [The Island of Tiboulen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxi-the-island-of-tiboulen.md)
- [The Smugglers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxii-the-smugglers.md)
- [The Island of Monte Cristo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxiii-the-island-of-monte-cristo.md)
- [The Secret Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxiv-the-secret-cave.md)
- [The Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxv-the-unknown.md)
- [The Pont du Gard Inn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxvi-the-pont-du-gard-inn.md)
- [The Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxvii-the-story.md)
- [The Prison Register](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxviii-the-prison-register.md)
- [The House of Morrel & Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxix-the-house-of-morrel-son.md)
- [The Fifth of September](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxx-the-fifth-of-september.md)
- [XXXI: Italy: Sinbad the Sailor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxi-italy-sinbad-the-sailor.md)
- [The Waking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxii-the-waking.md)
- [Roman Bandits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxiii-roman-bandits.md)
- [The Colosseum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-colosseum.md)
- [La Mazzolata](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxv-la-mazzolata.md)
- [The Carnival at Rome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-carnival-at-rome.md)
- [The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-catacombs-of-saint-sebastian.md)
- [The Rendezvous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxviii-the-rendezvous.md)
- [The Guests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxxix-the-guests.md)
- [The Breakfast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xl-the-breakfast.md)
- [The Presentation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xli-the-presentation.md)
- [Monsieur Bertuccio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlii-monsieur-bertuccio.md)
- [The House at Auteuil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xliii-the-house-at-auteuil.md)
- [The Vendetta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xliv-the-vendetta.md)
- [XLV: The Rain of Blood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlv-the-rain-of-blood.md)
- [Unlimited Credit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlvi-unlimited-credit.md)
- [The Dappled Grays](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlvii-the-dappled-grays.md)
- [Ideology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlviii-ideology.md)
- [Haydée](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlix-hayd-e.md)
- [L: The Morrel Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/l-the-morrel-family.md)
- [Pyramus and Thisbe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/li-pyramus-and-thisbe.md)
- [LII: Toxicology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lii-toxicology.md)
- [Robert le Diable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/liii-robert-le-diable.md)
- [A Flurry in Stocks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/liv-a-flurry-in-stocks.md)
- [Major Cavalcanti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lv-major-cavalcanti.md)
- [Andrea Cavalcanti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lvi-andrea-cavalcanti.md)
- [In the Lucern Patch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lvii-in-the-lucern-patch.md)
- [M. Noirtier de Villefort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lviii-m-noirtier-de-villefort.md)
- [The Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lix-the-will.md)
- [LX: The Telegraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lx-the-telegraph.md)
- [LXI: How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice That Eat His Peaches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxi-how-a-gardener-may-get-rid-of-the-dormice-that-eat-his-peaches.md)
- [Ghosts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxii-ghosts.md)
- [The Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxiii-the-dinner.md)
- [The Beggar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxiv-the-beggar.md)
- [A Conjugal Scene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxv-a-conjugal-scene.md)
- [Matrimonial Projects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxvi-matrimonial-projects.md)
- [The Office of the King’s Attorney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxvii-the-office-of-the-king-s-attorney.md)
- [LXVIII: A Summer Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxviii-a-summer-ball.md)
- [The Inquiry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxix-the-inquiry.md)
- [The Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxx-the-ball.md)
- [Bread and Salt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxi-bread-and-salt.md)
- [Madame de Saint-Méran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxii-madame-de-saint-m-ran.md)
- [The Promise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxiii-the-promise.md)
- [The Villefort Family Vault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxiv-the-villefort-family-vault.md)
- [A Signed Statement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxv-a-signed-statement.md)
- [Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxvi-progress-of-cavalcanti-the-younger.md)
- [Haydée](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxvii-hayd-e.md)
- [LXXVIII: We Hear from Yanina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxviii-we-hear-from-yanina.md)
- [The Lemonade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxix-the-lemonade.md)
- [The Accusation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxx-the-accusation.md)
- [The Room of the Retired Baker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxi-the-room-of-the-retired-baker.md)
- [The Burglary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxii-the-burglary.md)
- [LXXXIII: The Hand of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxiii-the-hand-of-god.md)
- [Beauchamp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxiv-beauchamp.md)
- [The Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxv-the-journey.md)
- [The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxvi-the-trial.md)
- [The Challenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxvii-the-challenge.md)
- [The Insult](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxviii-the-insult.md)
- [The Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxxix-the-night.md)
- [The Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xc-the-meeting.md)
- [Mother and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xci-mother-and-son.md)
- [The Suicide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xcii-the-suicide.md)
- [Valentine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xciii-valentine.md)
- [Maximilian's Avowal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xciv-maximilian-s-avowal.md)
- [Father and Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xcv-father-and-daughter.md)
- [The Contract](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xcvi-the-contract.md)
- [The Departure for Belgium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xcvii-the-departure-for-belgium.md)
- [The Bell and Bottle Tavern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xcviii-the-bell-and-bottle-tavern.md)
- [The Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xcix-the-law.md)
- [The Apparition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/c-the-apparition.md)
- [CI: Locusta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/ci-locusta.md)
- [CII: Valentine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cii-valentine.md)
- [Maximilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/ciii-maximilian.md)
- [Danglars' Signature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/civ-danglars-signature.md)
- [The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cv-the-cemetery-of-p-re-lachaise.md)
- [Dividing the Proceeds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cvi-dividing-the-proceeds.md)
- [The Lions’ Den](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cvii-the-lions-den.md)
- [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cviii-the-judge.md)
- [The Assizes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cix-the-assizes.md)
- [CX: The Indictment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cx-the-indictment.md)
- [CXI: Expiation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxi-expiation.md)
- [The Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxii-the-departure.md)
- [CXIII: The Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxiii-the-past.md)
- [Peppino](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxiv-peppino.md)
- [Luigi Vampa’s Bill of Fare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxv-luigi-vampa-s-bill-of-fare.md)
- [The Pardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxvi-the-pardon.md)
- [The Fifth of October](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxvii-the-fifth-of-october.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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