The Third Attack Begins (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19 – Part 4)
In the night, Dantès hears his name called from Faria’s cell — and finds the abbé gripped by the familiar, terrible symptoms of his illness. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19, Faria stops Edmon...
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Learning the Treasure by Heart (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19 – Part 3)
Faria, resigned to never enjoying the treasure himself, devotes his energy to preparing Dantès for the day he will be free to claim it. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19, Dantès memorizes the c...
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The Real Treasure (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19 – Part 2)
A final hope of escape is destroyed when the gallery to the sea is rebuilt and the hidden tunnel sealed. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19, Dantès tells Faria that his true fortune is not the g...
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The Island of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19 – Part 1)
With the treasure now pledged to him, Dantès listens as Faria speaks of the good such wealth could do — but Edmond’s vow of vengeance reminds him how much harm it could also bring. In The Count of Mon...
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A Father’s Gift (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 13)
Dantès can hardly believe the treasure’s value, but Faria assures him such fortunes were not uncommon for noble families of the fifteenth century. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, the old man...
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The Will and the Fortune (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 12)
Faria explains how he reconstructed Cardinal Spada’s will and the treasure’s location — and how his attempt to claim it led to his arrest. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, he pledges the fort...
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The Complete Secret (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 11)
Faria presents a second fragment of parchment, and together with the first, it forms a complete declaration: Cardinal Cæsar Spada’s will. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, the document reveals...
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The Hidden Script (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 10)
A simple search for a candle-light changes everything. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, Faria discovers that an old page in the Spada breviary — long used as a bookmark — holds invisible writ...
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