Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: The following day Danglars visits Monte Cristo and presses for more information about Andrea Cavalcanti. He admits that he would very much like his daughter to marry this young man, who is far richer than Albert de Morcerf. Danglars confides in Monte Cristo that the Count de Morcerf was not originally a nobleman but used to be a poor fisherman named Fernand Mondego, who suddenly gained considerable wealth under mysterious circumstances. Monte Cristo pretends to recall that he has once heard of a Fernand Mondego in connection with the Ali Pacha, (his Greek servants betrayed father) affair in Greece. Danglars admits that he too has heard vague stirrings about this connection. And, in what will no doubt lead to some form of revenge, he directs Danglers to the site of the incident.
Reflection: Like i said this is probably some kind of revenge
Friday, January 15, 2010
Dec. 16: The Count of Monte Cristo
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: At the party and after dinner, Monte Cristo leads the party to the one bedroom he has left unchanged. He announces to his guests that he has felt, from the first moment he stepped inside, that some horrible crime was committed in this room. He begins to describe the scene he imagines took place here, which is, of course, the scene he knows actually did take place here. He imagines that a mother (Madame Danglars), who has just given birth, and a father (Villefort) take a child down the staircase. Monte Cristo then takes his guests, who include both Villefort and Madame Danglars, down into the garden and shows them the spot where, he claims, while working on his trees, he dug up the skeleton of a newborn baby. Deciding that he has pushed the murderous couple as far as he wants, Monte Cristo redirects the party back to the lawn for coffee. Villefort whispers to Madame Danglars that he must see her the next day in his office.
Reflection: How did he know that?
Pages: 70
Summary: At the party and after dinner, Monte Cristo leads the party to the one bedroom he has left unchanged. He announces to his guests that he has felt, from the first moment he stepped inside, that some horrible crime was committed in this room. He begins to describe the scene he imagines took place here, which is, of course, the scene he knows actually did take place here. He imagines that a mother (Madame Danglars), who has just given birth, and a father (Villefort) take a child down the staircase. Monte Cristo then takes his guests, who include both Villefort and Madame Danglars, down into the garden and shows them the spot where, he claims, while working on his trees, he dug up the skeleton of a newborn baby. Deciding that he has pushed the murderous couple as far as he wants, Monte Cristo redirects the party back to the lawn for coffee. Villefort whispers to Madame Danglars that he must see her the next day in his office.
Reflection: How did he know that?
Dec. 14: The Count of Monte Cristo
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Back at the party, Bertuccio, peeking out at the scene through a partly open door, is shocked when he sees Madame Danglars among the guests. He tells Monte Cristo that she is the widowed baroness who used to meet Villefort in this very house. Bertuccio is even more surprised to see Villefort himself, whom he thought he had killed years before. Monte Cristo explains that Villefort was only injured, not killed, when Bertuccio stabbed him. Bertuccio’s greatest surprise, though, comes when he lays eyes on the man pretending to be Andrea Cavalcanti, as this man is actually his wayward son, Benedetto.
Reflection: The Count's plans are so deep sometimes im not even sure that he means to do everything he does.
Pages: 70
Summary: Back at the party, Bertuccio, peeking out at the scene through a partly open door, is shocked when he sees Madame Danglars among the guests. He tells Monte Cristo that she is the widowed baroness who used to meet Villefort in this very house. Bertuccio is even more surprised to see Villefort himself, whom he thought he had killed years before. Monte Cristo explains that Villefort was only injured, not killed, when Bertuccio stabbed him. Bertuccio’s greatest surprise, though, comes when he lays eyes on the man pretending to be Andrea Cavalcanti, as this man is actually his wayward son, Benedetto.
Reflection: The Count's plans are so deep sometimes im not even sure that he means to do everything he does.
Dec. 11: The Count of Monte Cristo
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary:
Reflection: It is funny how it is very evident who are the Count's enemies and who he hopes to benefit by his scheme's.
Pages: 70
Summary:
Villefort and his wife visit the room in their house in which Noirtier, whose stroke has left him with only the powers of sight and hearing, so he is unable to communicate with anyone but Villefort, Barrois, and Valentine, lives with his devoted servant, Barrois. Valentine is Noirtier’s sole happiness in life; because of her love and devotion, she is able to read all of her grandfather’s thoughts and desires in his eyes. Villefort and his wife break the news of Valentine’s engagement, and Noirtier is silently enraged, since Franz’s father was his greatest political enemy. Valentine is sent to comfort her grandfather, and she confides in him that she does not want to marry Franz and Noirtier vows that he will help Valentine escape her unwanted engagement, so Noirtier summons a notary and rewrites his will. He provides that if Valentine marries Franz, all of his inheritance will go to the poor rather than to Valentine. Villefort however, is unmoved by his father’s threat and refuses to call off Valentine’s engagement.
Dec. 9: The Count of Monte Cristo
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Maximilian and Valentine meet again in the garden of the Villefort home. Maximilian reveals that Franz is returning to Paris soon, and Valentine swears that she is unable to oppose her father’s will that she marry Franz. Valentine mentions that her stepmother wants her to remain unmarried and join a convent so that all of her inheritance will go to Edward, who will otherwise receive almost no inheritance at all. In the course of the conversation, it becomes clear that Eugénie is just as reluctant to marry Albert de Morcerf as he is to marry her. Eugénie has confided in Valentine that she never wants to marry.
Reflection: These chapters discussing motives and such are always the kind that start to allow me to piece together what the Count is planning.
Pages: 70
Summary: Maximilian and Valentine meet again in the garden of the Villefort home. Maximilian reveals that Franz is returning to Paris soon, and Valentine swears that she is unable to oppose her father’s will that she marry Franz. Valentine mentions that her stepmother wants her to remain unmarried and join a convent so that all of her inheritance will go to Edward, who will otherwise receive almost no inheritance at all. In the course of the conversation, it becomes clear that Eugénie is just as reluctant to marry Albert de Morcerf as he is to marry her. Eugénie has confided in Valentine that she never wants to marry.
Reflection: These chapters discussing motives and such are always the kind that start to allow me to piece together what the Count is planning.
Dec. 7: The Count of Monte Cristo
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Monte Cristo proceeds his plan by insisting that the younger man must play the part of Bartolomeo Cavalcanti’s son, Andrea Cavalcanti, reunited with his father by Monte Cristo. After giving the two men false identity documents, new wardrobes, and other necessities for their disguise, Monte Cristo invites them to a dinner party he is throwing the following Saturday.At a party held at his the Count's home, Monte Cristo introduces the two impostors as Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti and his son, Andrea. Much as Monte Cristo predicts, the fabulously wealthy Italian prince and his son pique Danglars’s curiosity, especially when Monte Cristo casually mentions to Danglars that Andrea is determined to find a wife in Paris.
Reflection: I am starting to perceive his intentions
Pages: 70
Summary: Monte Cristo proceeds his plan by insisting that the younger man must play the part of Bartolomeo Cavalcanti’s son, Andrea Cavalcanti, reunited with his father by Monte Cristo. After giving the two men false identity documents, new wardrobes, and other necessities for their disguise, Monte Cristo invites them to a dinner party he is throwing the following Saturday.At a party held at his the Count's home, Monte Cristo introduces the two impostors as Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti and his son, Andrea. Much as Monte Cristo predicts, the fabulously wealthy Italian prince and his son pique Danglars’s curiosity, especially when Monte Cristo casually mentions to Danglars that Andrea is determined to find a wife in Paris.
Reflection: I am starting to perceive his intentions
Dec. 4: The Count of Monte Cristo
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: When at the Theater, the girl Haydee (Monte Cristo's Greek Servant) nearly faints at the sight of Morcef Senior, who she says betrayed her father and sold her into slavery. Later, Monte Cristo plans to meet with two men and instructs them to play the roles he has outlined for them in return for a lot of money. The older man must pretend to be Marquis Cavalcanti, a retired Italian major and nobleman who has been searching in vain for his kidnapped son for fifteen years.
Reflection: I'm at a loss as to what he could be planning.
Pages: 70
Summary: When at the Theater, the girl Haydee (Monte Cristo's Greek Servant) nearly faints at the sight of Morcef Senior, who she says betrayed her father and sold her into slavery. Later, Monte Cristo plans to meet with two men and instructs them to play the roles he has outlined for them in return for a lot of money. The older man must pretend to be Marquis Cavalcanti, a retired Italian major and nobleman who has been searching in vain for his kidnapped son for fifteen years.
Reflection: I'm at a loss as to what he could be planning.
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