Assignment

Assignment Advance Reading - Summary of Novel The Count Of Monte Cristo Chapter 1-4

The story's began in 1815.Describe about arrival of the Pharaon, the ship owned by  Morrel and Son.  The main character of the story is Dantes.  Since the captain of the ship, Leclere, has died, Morrel soon promoted Dantes to captain.  Dantes is liked by all of the sailors, except Danglars, who was jealous to Dantes.And Dantes leaves the scene, fulfilling his promise to visit his father and then to saw Mercedes, his fiance.

Next day, Caderousse came to Dantes home. Dantes receives Caderousse politely. Caderousse is the neighbor of Dantes father. so he’s welcome. Caderousse has already heard the news of Dantes’s promotion and congratulates him. Caderousse then leaves the father and son and goes downstairs, where Danglars is waiting for him. The two men discuss their dislike for Dantes and accuse him of being arrogant. Caderousse reveals that Dantes’s good luck might be about to change the woman he loves, Mercedes, has been seen in the company of another man. Danglars and Caderousse, Caderousse is a friend and fellow conspirator of Danglars. hoping for the worst, decided to wait by the road near Mercedes’s house, in order to determine whether Dantes has really been jilted.Dantes returns home to find his father without money. Leaving some money from his pocket, Dantes leaves his father to find Mercedes.he watched Dantes and Mercedes walks close by. the tailor Caderousse ask about their wedding ceremonial place.

The next day at the dungeon, Dantes told a guard that hewished to write a letter to Mercedes. He promised to pay the man if the letter was delivered.The dungeon was deep down in the lower part of the Chateau. There Dantes remained alone with his thoughts. The days turned into months,the months into years. At first Dantes was angry much of the time. Then his anger faded, and hesank into a deep sadness. From time to time he thought about Mercedes and the happiness they might have shared. Tears would come to his eyes. Soon after, Napoleon had escaped from Elba and returned to France.Although Napoleon had many supporters in France, he also had many enemies. Shortly after his return, supporters of King Louis banded together and rose up against him.Five months after Dantes’ arrest, King Louis wasonce again in power. By this time Dantes’ father had lost all hope for his son. He became ill and died in Mercedes’ arms. As a loyal friend, Monsieur Morrel paid for the funeral.

One night, while lying curled up against a wall, Dantes was startled by a dull sound.Dantes began to use the iron handle from his food pot as a tool. He dug at the plaster between the stones in the wall. In three days of hard work, he had loosened a large stone. Dantes pushed his bed against the wall so the guard wouldn’t see what he was up to. Next morning dantes met old man name Father Faria.He was work as Priest. The next day the old priest said he was sorry that he had helped Dantes understand what had happened to him.They would escape by climbing through the window in the passage outside their cells. First they would dig a new tunnel below the passage. Then they would loosen the stones in a section of the passage floor so the night guard would fall through. Finally, Dantes and Father Faria would tie up the guard and climb through the window and escaped.