Episodes

Remember Danglars? He was the crooked ship agent who sabotaged Dantes by falesely reporting him to the King as a turncoat and benefitting greatly from that action. The Count has a plan for Danglers and he is putting it in a...

Bertuccio completes his story,this time relaying his story of how he was an unseen witness to the murder of the jeweler who had come to the Caderousse tavern to possibly buy the huge stone he had been told of. Bertuccio expl...

Bertuccio, who is the count's right-hand man, relates his story to the Count,beginning with his discovery that his brother, a soldier, has been slain in Nimes by murderers, and the law was not investigationg it as they should...

The Vendetta pT 1 Bertuccio explains that years ago, his brother, who had been a soldier in Napoleon’s army, was murdered by royalist assassins in the city of Nîmes. Seeking justice, Bertuccio visited the public prosecutor of...

Chapter 42: Monsieur Bertuccio After taking leave of the Morcerf family, Monte Cristo purchases a summerhouse in Auteuil. The previous owner was the Marquis of Saint-Méran, whose daughter married Villefort and died soon after...

Still a guest of young Morcerf as the day draws on, the Count is introduced to Mercedes. This is a great chapter. Will she recognize him?

The Count arrives on time in Paris for the long awaited breakfast appointment with the young Albert Morcerf, the son of Mercedes. Alberts notable guests at the table enjoy the discussion.

SOME IMPORTANT CLUES FOR YOU: The Count had not known that Albert was intertwined with the relative of another of his targets of revenge, and so views this connection as a means by which he (the Count) might come closer to Da...

Albert has invited 4 guests to be present when the Count arrives for his promised stay with the Count- he and his friends share the conversation of men whosse lives are lived very affluently - just before the Count arrives an...

The Compact- In gratitude for what the Count has done for him.Albert sends him a letter vowing his indebtedness and gratitude and offering to find an opening in the top echelon of Parisian society should the Count desire. The...

The count, upon heariung from Franz that the Viscount has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom, immediatly calls for a carriage and is soon taking Franz to the outlaw hideout. Now you can enjoy searching all of our sho...

When Albert fails to come back after his rendezvous Franz becomes worried.

The Carnival at Rome- part two, finds Albert caught up in what appears to be a promising get together with a beautiful girl as the carnival ends and the big ball begins. Check out all 12 of our shows at www.bestof1001stories....

Franz and Albert become involved in the celebrations around Rome, soon forgetting the atrocity they just witnessed. Reminding us that fun and games in Rome were much different than today.

"Mazzolata" is the Roman word for mandaia, the Roman equivalent of the guillotine. In part one the Count takes the two men toward the place of the executions where the festivities start. The count asks the two men to take par...

Franz and Albert finalloy get their chance to meet the mysterious Coiunt of Monte Cristo, who offers them a ride to see the beginning of the big celebration, which kicks off with a beheading. Stop by our website at www.bestof...

Enjoying dinner with the Count, Franz and he get into a deep doscussion about revenge and death. Franz indicates that they still have business to attent do that evening but the count bids them to stay saying that he will prov...

Franz and Albert take in an opera, and while Albert is busy checking out the ladies with his early version of binoclars Franz spies a beautiful Greek Lady in the box across the way accompanied by two men, one, a black man, an...

Franz and Albert arrive in Rome for the big celebration and the innkeeper at first advises them to avoid the coliseum, which is the top tourist site, at night. Albert scoffs at the advice and the innkeeper Pastrini tells a lo...

Franz and Albert Montcerf take a sightseeing trip to Rome and decide to risk being attacked by brigands by taking a risky path outside the city...

Publication The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in the Journal des Débats in eighteen parts. Serialization ran from 28 August 1844 to 15 January 1846. The first edition in book form was published in Paris by Pé...

A young, adventurous Baron named Franz DiPinay ventures onto the island of Monte Cristo when the boat he had hired to take him elsewhere comes ashore after spotting a campfire on the beach. Franz becomes the first to be entan...

Reception and legacy The original work was published in serial form in the Journal des Débats in 1844. Carlos Javier Villafane Mercado described the effect in Europe: The effect of the serials, which held vast audiences enthr...

An Englishman from a firm to which Morell owes money stops by for a long talk with Morrell...who is awaiting news of his ship.