The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

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by Alexandre Dumas · 1802–1870

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"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is an adventure novel serialized from 1844 to 1846. When sailor Edmond Dantès is falsely accused and imprisoned on his wedding day, he spends fourteen years in solitary confinement. After a daring escape and the discovery of a vast hidden treasure, he reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Returning to Paris, he methodically infiltrates high society to confront the three men who destroyed his life, exploring themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness.

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Read time
2095 min
Words
460,971
Chapters
20
Paragraphs
14,984
Price
Free
  • Adventure stories
  • Dantès, Edmond (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • Pirates -- Fiction
  • Prisoners -- Fiction
  • Revenge -- Fiction
The Count of Monte CristoChapter 4. Conspiracy

“Stop a minute,” answered Caderousse; “we might be interrupted in the most interesting part of my story, which would be a pity;

„Warten Sie einen Augenblick“, antwortete Caderousse; „wir könnten im interessantesten Teil meiner Geschichte unterbrochen werden, was schade wäre;

and it is as well that your visit hither should be made known only to ourselves.”

und es ist besser, wenn Ihr Besuch hier nur uns beiden bekannt wird.“

With these words he went stealthily to the door, which he closed, and, by way of still greater precaution, bolted and barred it, as he was accustomed to do at night.

Mit diesen Worten ging er schleichend zur Tür, schloß sie und sicherte sie, als zusätzliche Vorsichtsmaßnahme, mit Riegel und Bolzen, wie er es gewohnt war, nachts zu tun.

During this time the abbé had chosen his place for listening at his ease.

Während dieser Zeit hatte der Abt sich seinen Platz zum bequemen Zuhören gewählt.

He removed his seat into a corner of the room, where he himself would be in deep shadow, while the light would be fully thrown on the narrator;

Er verlegte seinen Sitz in eine Ecke des Zimmers, wo er selbst im tiefen Schatten lag, während das Licht voll auf den Erzähler fiel;

then, with head bent down and hands clasped, or rather clenched together, he prepared to give his whole attention to Caderousse, who seated himself on the little stool, exactly opposite to him.

dann beugte er den Kopf und faltete die Hände, oder vielmehr ballte sie zusammen, und bereitete sich vor, Caderousse, der sich genau gegenüber auf dem kleinen Hocker niedergelassen hatte, seine volle Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken.

“Remember, this is no affair of mine,” said the trembling voice of La Carconte, as though through the flooring of her chamber she viewed the scene that was enacting below.

„Bedenken Sie, das ist keine meine Angelegenheit“, sagte die zitternde Stimme der La Carconte, als blicke sie durch die Dielen ihres Zimmers auf die unten vor sich gehende Szene.

“Enough, enough!”

„Genug, genug!“

replied Caderousse; “say no more about it; I will take all the consequences upon myself.”

erwiderte Caderousse; „sagen Sie nichts mehr darüber; ich übernehme alle Konsequenzen auf mich.“

About the author

Alexandre Dumas1802–1870

Alexandre Dumas, born in 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts and died in 1870 in Dieppe, was a prolific French novelist and playwright.

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Book details

Original language
English
Translation
German, machine translation
Source text
Project Gutenberg #1184
Licence
Public domain worldwide

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