![]() Dantès knows nothing of its contents, only that he was asked to deliver it. Villefort, the deputy crown prosecutor in Marseille, assumes the duty of investigating the matter on Dantès' wedding day and on the day of his own betrothal to Renee de Saint-Meran he indeed finds an incriminating letter. Inflaming his jealousy, he instigates Fernand to send the letter, while Caderousse looks on in a drunken stupor, his slurred words goading on the others and revealing his true feelings of jealousy. Danglars writes an anonymous letter to the crown prosecutor accusing Dantès of being a Bonapartist, that is, a traitor to the Royalists who are in power. His promotion to captain offends the ship's purser, Danglars his windfall stuns his neighbour, the impoverished tailor Caderousse his relationship with Mercédès inspires the jealousy of her cousin Fernand Mondego, who wants Mercédès for his own. During the Pharaon's stop at Elba, Dantès spoke to Napoléon himself, who asked the sailor to deliver a confidential letter to a man in Paris.Įdmond's good fortune inspires jealousy in those close to him. At the same time, he is saddened by the recent death of his friend Captain Leclère, his predecessor.Ĭaptain Leclére, a supporter of the now exiled Napoléon, had charged Dantès on his deathbed to deliver a package to former Grand Marshal Maréchal Bertrand, who had been exiled to the isle of Elba. He is also proud of his recent promotion to captain. He is excited to be reunited with his family and friends, and eager to marry his fiancée, the Catalan beauty Mercédès. Plot summaryĮdmond Dantès, a dashing 19-year-old sailor aboard the ship Pharaon, returns home to Marseille. When Picaud was released in 1814, he took possession of the treasure, returned under another name to Paris and spent ten years plotting his successful revenge against his former friends. During his imprisonment a dying fellow prisoner bequeathed him a treasure hidden in Milan. Picaud had been engaged to marry a rich woman, but three jealous friends falsely accused him of being a spy for England. ![]() Peuchet related the tale of a shoemaker named Pierre Picaud, who was living in Nimes in 1807. ![]() Dumas got the idea for The Count of Monte Cristo from a story which he found in a book compiled by Jacques Peuchet, French police archivist.
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