Dinner at San Pierdarena (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 6)
Pope Alexander VI chooses a slower, surer method for reclaiming the cardinals’ wealth: an invitation to dinner. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, Cardinal Spada anticipates the danger and make...
23 Aug 20256min
The Pope’s Scheme (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 5)
Faria continues his story, recounting a moment in Renaissance Italy when Pope Alexander VI and Cæsar Borgia sought money — and found it in the ambitions of two powerful men. In The Count of Monte Cris...
22 Aug 20258min
The Story Begins (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 4)
Avoiding Faria all day, Dantès finally relents when the abbé drags himself, with great difficulty, into his cell. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, the old man insists Edmond hear the truth ab...
21 Aug 20256min
Madness or Truth? (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 3)
Faria insists he has reconstructed the burnt document and uncovered its secret — but before he can explain, footsteps interrupt. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, Dantès slips away to avoid he...
20 Aug 20255min
Proof on Paper (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 2)
Dantès fears the abbé’s talk of treasure is a relapse — but Faria insists the matter is urgent. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, the old man speaks of vengeance turned to generosity, determin...
19 Aug 202510min
The Treasure (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18 – Part 1)
When Dantès visits the abbé the next morning, he finds him composed — and holding a strange, half-burnt paper marked with Gothic script. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, Faria reveals what he...
19 Aug 20257min
The Oath (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17 – Part 23)
Faria urges Dantès to escape without him — but Edmond swears never to leave his friend while he lives. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17, that vow changes their course: the escape tunnel must b...
17 Aug 202511min
Never Swim Again (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17 – Part 22)
Faria tells Dantès the truth: the attack has left him permanently paralyzed. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17, the abbé demonstrates his lifeless arm, explains the family history of the illnes...
16 Aug 20258min
