The Count of Monte Cristo

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Chapter 73 Chapter 74 Chapter 75 Chapter 76 Chapter 77 Chapter 78 Chapter 79 Chapter 80 Chapter 81 Chapter 82 Chapter 83 Chapter 84 Chapter 85 Chapter 86 Chapter 87 Chapter 88 Chapter 89 Chapter 90 Chapter 91 Chapter 92 Chapter 93 Chapter 94 Chapter 95 Chapter 96 Chapter 97 Chapter 98 Chapter 99 Chapter 100 Chapter 101 Chapter 102 Chapter 103 Chapter 104 Chapter 105 Chapter 106 Chapter 107 Chapter 108 Chapter 109 Chapter 110 Chapter 111 Chapter 112 Chapter 113 Chapter 114 Chapter 115 Chapter 116 Chapter 117

Themes

All Themes Justice, Revenge, and God’s Will Changes of Identity and Station Love, Devotion, and Redemption Debt and Gratitude The Domestic and the Foreign

Characters

All Characters Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo, the Abbe Busoni, the Envoy, Lord Wilmore, Sinbad the Sailor) Mercedes (de Morcerf) Old Dantes / Dantes’ Father Fernand (de Morcerf) Albert (de Morcerf) (Baron) Danglars M. de Villefort Caderousse Abbe Faria Old Morrel Maximilien Morrel Haydee Julie Morrel and Emmanuel Baroness Hermine Danglars Eugenie Danglars Mme Heloise de Villefort Valentine de Villefort M. de Noirtier-Villefort Louis XVIII Major Cavalcanti Boville Captain Leclere

Symbols

All Symbols Monte Cristo Poison

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Frame Story Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Satire Setting Similes Style Tone Verbal Irony

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The Count of Monte Cristo

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Alexandre Dumas

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All Themes
Justice, Revenge, and God’s Will
Changes of Identity and Station
Love, Devotion, and Redemption
Debt and Gratitude
The Domestic and the Foreign

All Characters
Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo, the Abbe Busoni, the Envoy, Lord Wilmore, Sinbad the Sailor)
Mercedes (de Morcerf)
Old Dantes / Dantes’ Father
Fernand (de Morcerf)
Albert (de Morcerf)
(Baron) Danglars
M. de Villefort
Caderousse
Abbe Faria
Old Morrel
Maximilien Morrel
Haydee
Julie Morrel and Emmanuel
Baroness Hermine Danglars
Eugenie Danglars
Mme Heloise de Villefort
Valentine de Villefort
M. de Noirtier-Villefort
Louis XVIII
Major Cavalcanti
Boville
Captain Leclere

All Symbols
Monte Cristo
Poison

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Frame Story
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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