GRAND ADVENTURE B1 B2

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas follows Edmond Dantès from wrongful imprisonment in the Château d’If to his escape, discovery of the Monte Cristo fortune, and reckoning with betrayal and revenge. This complete edition preserves 114 published chapters in 4,784 five-sentence readings with clear US narration and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Alexandre Dumas114 chapters

The Count of Monte Cristo follows Edmond Dantès, a young sailor betrayed on the eve of his marriage and imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If. After a daring escape and the discovery of a hidden fortune on Monte Cristo, he returns under new identities to reward loyalty, expose betrayal, and face the cost of revenge. This complete English edition preserves the published text in 114 chapters and 4,784 five-sentence readings with narration, tap-to-define vocabulary, and contextual learning.

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This complete English learning edition follows Edmond Dantès, imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, through his escape, the hidden fortune on Monte Cristo, and the moral cost of revenge. The published text is preserved in 114 chapters and 4,784 five-sentence readings; every reading keeps its source order and learning metadata.

Where can I read The Count of Monte Cristo in full?

The complete text of The Count of Monte Cristo is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #1184 and divided into 4,784 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1184, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 24157 sentences across 114 published chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is The Count of Monte Cristo divided for reading?

The Count of Monte Cristo is presented in 114 published chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Count of Monte Cristo as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 4,784 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 114 published chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Questions about reading The Count of Monte Cristo

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Is this the complete text of The Count of Monte Cristo?

Yes. All 24157 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1184 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #1184, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Count of Monte Cristo take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 4,784 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Count of Monte Cristo

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February: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Count of Monte Cristo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Notre-dame: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Count of Monte Cristo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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The Count of Monte Cristo

Where can I read The Count of Monte Cristo in full?

How is The Count of Monte Cristo divided for reading?

Can I hear The Count of Monte Cristo read aloud?

Questions about reading The Count of Monte Cristo

How to complete one 10–15 minute reading lesson

Read the scene

Listen and repeat

Learn in context

Recall and review

Vocabulary met early in The Count of Monte Cristo