The Count of Monte Cristo

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The Count of Monte Cristo | Plot Summary

Imprisonment and Escape
The Count of Monte Cristo begins with the arrival of a ship in Marseilles, France. One of the crew is a young sailor named Edmond Dantès. Dantès seems to be on the threshold of great happiness. Morrel, the shipowner, promotes him to captain, and he is about to marry a beautiful girl named Mercédès. However, at the feast before the wedding Dantès is arrested for treason. He is innocent, but has been entrapped by a plot hatched by Danglars, a fellow sailor who is jealous of Dantès’s promotion, and Fernand, who was his rival for the love of...

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