The Count of Monte Cristo · Character

Old Dantès

Edmond's father, who dies of starvation and grief after his son's imprisonment.

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Also known as Old Dantès

First appearance: Father and Son

Old Dantès shows up with force in I: Marseilles—The Arrival. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Dantès' father; proud and reclusive; Dantès is anxious to see him.

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In I: Marseilles—The Arrival: Dantès' father; proud and reclusive; Dantès is anxious to see him. Later, in Father and Son: Edmond's…

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I: Marseilles—The Arrival
Dantès' father; proud and reclusive; Dantès is anxious to see him.
Father and Son
Edmond's father, frail and impoverished, overjoyed by his son's return.
The Hundred Days
Dies in Mercédès' arms five months after his son's arrest, having lost all hope after Napoleon's downfall. Morrel pays for his funeral.
The Unknown
Reported dead by Jacopo; Dantès visits his former home and grieves.
The Pont du Gard Inn
Dantès' father, who died of grief after his son's imprisonment; his share of the diamond is to be divided among the survivors.
The Vendetta
Mentioned as Bertuccio's brother, a lieutenant in the Corsican battalion, killed in Nîmes.

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