Napoleon Also referred to as the emperor and the usurper
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The Isle of Elba
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1800 s clothing
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Chateau D If
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Chateau D If cell
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Tiboulen
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Mediterranean
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King Louis XVIII
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Pope Alexander VI
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A glass of wine with Caesar Borgia and Pope Alexander
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Rome
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Piazza Del Poppolo
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Penitents
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Mace
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Catacombs
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The Count of Monte Cristo Anticipation Guide
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People who are too trusting deserve whatever they get if
someone takes advantage of them. If you are innocent of any crime,
but put in jail, it is not wrong to escape from jail. Wives whose
husbands are missing for a long time or are presumed dead should
definitely get married again, if the opportunity presents itself.
Even if someone hurts you or your family, you should always let the
law take care of them and not try to get revenge yourself. If you
find buried treasure, you should be allowed to keep it, even if the
person who buried it shows up and tries to claim it.
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The Count of Monte Cristo Background Information
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The Author Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802 as a third
child of a French revolutionary general. He took part in the
revolution in 1830 that placed the Duc dOrleans on the French
throne, as King Louis Philippe. He wrote hugely successful plays
and produced many travel books of his travels in Switzerland and
Italy. During the 1840s, he wrote a series of romanticized
historical novels designed to teach French history. Some of those
novels were The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The
Count of Monte Cristo. In his lifetime, he wrote over 300 volumes,
including plays and novels. He married two of his mistresses and
had two children, one from each mistress. He died on Dec. 5, 1870
of a stroke.
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The History in The Count of Monte Cristo
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Napoleon and French History In April of 1814, Napoleon
abdicated the throne and was exiled to the island of Elba. Louis
XVIII ascended to the French throne, restoring the Bourbon dynasty
and bringing about the First Restoration. Napoleon remained on Elba
for only ten months, when he escaped and landed with 1, 100 men
near Cannes on March 1, 1815. Napoleon crosses the Alps and marched
on Paris where Louis XVIII fled. However, Napoleon was defeated in
battle by the British general, Wellington, at the battle of
Waterloo in June of 1815. Napoleon was only in power for 100 days.
He was sent into exile to the Island of St. Helena where he died
six years later. Louis XVIII returned to the French throne, known
as the Second Restoration and persecuted those who had helped
Napoleon during his return.
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The Inspiration for the Story
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Francois Picaud Dumas found a memoir written by a Jacques
Peuchet which related the story of a shoemaker named Francois
Picaud. Picaud was living in Paris in 1807 and engaged to marry a
rich woman. Four jealous friends falsely accused him of being a spy
for England. He was imprisoned for seven years, during which a
dying fellow prisoner bequeathed him a treasure hidden in Milan.
When Picaud was released in 1814, he took possession of the
treasure, returned to Paris under another name, and spent ten years
plotting successful revenge against his former friends. After he
had gained all of his revenge, he was taken prisoner by a former
friend and forced to pay 25,000 francs for each meal. However, the
kidnapper ended up going into a rage and beating Francois by
strangling him, stabbing his eyes with a knife, and cutting open
his chest.
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Facts About the Novel
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The Book The book was originally published in serial form.
People would wait in long lines to buy the latest installment. It
took him 18 installments and two years to publish the entire book.
Within a few months, the novel was translated into ten languages.
The book is acclaimed as one of the most popular novels ever
written, usually ranking in the top ten novels of all time. The
book has been described as the greatest revengers tragedy in the
whole history of the novel (Hemmings). Avriel H. Goldberger states
about The Count of Monte Cristo that it ranks with the great
revenge stories of all time, but states: This is not because Monte
Cristo has equal merit as a work of art or as a probe of the
psyche, but because it speaks so powerfully to our need to
fantasize impossible victories of the individual against
injustice.
