Summary of Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 5 - 8)

Chapter 5
The Treasure Cave

He succeed to escape from his prisoner who kept him locked for years. He escaped because of the help of his old friend’s dead sack so he could escape without the sight of the prison guards. Then he was stuck in an island called Isle of Tiboulen. He saw a fisherman ship who was in trouble because of their ship hit the rock. Dantes couldn’t rescue them because it was too late. Later he saw an italian smuggler ship who wanted to go to treasure island dantes’s friend he was talking about. He told them that he was only a survivor from a fisherman sinking ship then he asked the captain to join becomes a crew of the ship. After they arrived to Isle of Monte Cristo, Dantes tried to trick them because he wanted to stay on the island and look for the treasure his old friend was talking about.He convinced the crew that he couldn’t be able to continue to voyage and ask them to leave Dantes alone. One time when the ship was gone, he opend the map which Father’s Faria gave and follow the instructions. Bingo, he found the treasure chest he was looking.

Chapter 6
The Priest and The Innkeeper

Years later after Dantes’s capturing, all things were turned different. Dantes came to Caderousse and pretended that he was a priest and asked him what was going on when he was in prison. Caderrouse said he was so sorry that happened to Dantes then he explained everything. Caderousse hadbecome the owner of a small country inn in thesouth of France, Danglars became a captain of the ship, Dante’s fiancée had married another person called Fernand who already had a child and they were a rich people, Monsieur Morrel was in bankrupt, and Dante’s dad was already died because sadness. One time Monsieur Morrel was in poverty and he got no money because he had so much debts. One time Dantes came as a mysterious man and gave to Morrel’s daughter a bunch of money. He thought that Monsieur Morral is a nobel man. He wanted for revenge.

Chapter 7
 Eye for an Eye!

One day Mercedes’s son Albert  and his friend Franz visited Rome, Italy for a trip. They need a carriages for the trip itself. But hotelkeeper said there wasn’t any carriage left on the hotel. They were just mad about it. Dantes disguised himself as a regular rich man who wanted to have a good trip. Dantes met the two young guys who arrived. They thanked to him for sharing a carriage with them. Dantes invited them to an execution of two bandits of the town and one of them is Luigi Pampa’s gang.  The bandit who was from Luigi Pampa was paid by Dantes that he would be set free. And the one was totally executed to death. Dantes told them about a story and parable about how revenge is allowed. One time, because a beautiful woman came up to them and kidnapped Albert, Franz was worried  and asked  Dantes to release him by paying money for it. So Dantes met the bandit and suddenly he met the bandit who he had set fee. The bandit felt sorry and pardon to Dantes.

Chapter 8
Arrival In Paris

Three months later, Albert invited all friends included Dantes to come into his breakfast. Dantes made all the guests charmed because of his story. He really looked like a rich man because he was a real rich man. He met a hisex fiancée Mercedes and his enemy Fernand. Mercedes seemed he remember Dante’s face but Fernand didn’t at all. After all, Dantes went to his new home in Paris, he lived with a young girl that he rescue named Haydee. She loved Dantes but Dantes didn’t love her like she loved Dantes, he only regarded Haydee as his child.Villevort’s second wife and her son came up to Dantes to ask his help. Dantes rescued his son and he was invited to visit his one of the enemy who put him on prison for a really long time. He met him afterwards.  The lovely daughter of Villefort from his first wife Renee said that she loved Maxmilian but she couldn’t marry him  because her mother.

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Summary of Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 1 - 4)

Chapter 1

The Return of The Pharaon

A ship named Pharaon stopped at the dock of Marseilles of French after a long journey from Italy. People came in crowd to see the ship. It’s a habit to see a ship arrived the dock whether they come in good or bad condition. The owner of The Pharaon, Monsieur Morrel was really exciting to see what was happening. He entered the ship with a help of the ship crew and had a conversation with a young man name Edmond Dantes. Monsieur Morrel had just been told that the previous captain of the ship was died of fever. So he thought Edmond Dantes was deserved to be nominated as the new captain. Edmond Dantes did what the last captain told, he was delivering a package to a guy who lives Isle of Elba, the place which Napoleon was isolated.Some people disliked Dantes because they were envy of Dantes promotion. Afterwards, he came to his daddy’s house and took care good of him. He also had a girlfriend who was named Mercedes. When he entered Mercedes’s house he saw a guy inside the house. The guy was only a friend of Mecedes. Dantes was cool and calm about it and acted naturally and he was happy seeing his girlfriend. The crew ship guy Mr. Danglers and Caderousse, and Mercedes’s friend Fernand didn’t like what Dantes has achieved and reached. They planed something bad for him.

Chapter 2

Falsely Accused

Dantes and Mercedes held the betrothal feast and they               were having fun because they were getting married soon. But in the middle of the feast a police came and captured him. He was so worried about this. Police thought that he is a secret agent of Napoleon. They thought that that would lead to rebellious act to French. Mercedes was so sad about this and she was worried about him. Dante wouldn’t able to lead the ship so Mr. Danglers had to lead. A politician Villevort tried to know what was going on and interviewed Dantes with couple of questions. Villevort himself was accused that he wasn’t loyal to the king because of his father was a follower of Napoleon. Villevort told Dantes that he would destroy the letter that Dantes carried. Dantes just agreed with that. Suddenly a guard came and brought Dantes to a high security prison located in rock in the middle of the sea.

Chapter 3

A man without hope

He was shouting to the guards that he was an innocent. He kept trying to them that he didn’t do anything wrong. But that wouldn’t make a change. He was locked to the prison for years. He was so desperate. Villevort finally had a position in French because of an information he gave to The King. Because of the long sadness, Dantes’s father died in sorrow even though Mercedes tried to take care of him. She was so worried about the condition of Dantes and she couldn’t stop thinking about him all the time. Mercedes didn’t even know about his condition whether he’s still alive or died. After all King Louis still reigned the French.

Chapter 4

Escape

Years after years he was desperate and didn’t know what to do. But at that night he heard something noisy  that heard from the wall. He was curious about it and tried to find out he thought that it would be another prisoner who tried to escape from this high maximum prison. So he tried the same thing afterwards. He used  his metal food pot to dig the hole. For a long time he kept doing that and finally he met the other prisoner. The prisoner said that his name was Father Faria. They started telling their stories and share their feelings. They decided to escape together from the prison because if not they will be locked till death. One time Father Faria told  Dantes the reason why Dantes went to the jail. It was Villevort who made that up. Villevort’s father actually is Napoleon follower and he would to save himself. One moment they did what they planned but Father Faria wouldn’t able to go with Dantes because of his sickness so he left a paper about the treasure in Isle of Monte Cristo to Dantes. He considered Dantes as his own son. Dantes was sad because his only friend in prison died. He made a new plan. He put Father Faria’s body on his own bed while he put himself on a big dead body sack and brought a knife within. The guards then thought that Father Faria is died and should throw him away into the sea instead of Dantes. The plan was success and he made it. He cut the sack after he was thrown to water.

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