The Count of Monte Cristo: Chapters 14–27

by Alexandre Dumas
After being falsely imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes, disguises himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, and seeks revenge. Learn these words from the 1888 translation by George Routledge and Sons. Read the full text here.

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  1. languish
    experience prolonged suffering in an unpleasant situation or place
    What matters really, not only to me, but to officers of justice and the king, is that an innocent man should languish in prison, the victim of an infamous denunciation, to die here cursing his executioners.
  2. sepulchral
    gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
    “Who talks of God and despair at the same time?” said a voice that seemed to come from beneath the earth, and, deadened by the distance, sounded hollow and sepulchral in the young man’s ears.
  3. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
    That very day the miners began their labors, with a vigor and alacrity proportionate to their long rest from fatigue and their hopes of ultimate success.
  4. recourse
    something or someone turned to for assistance or security
    The pope had also need of money to bring matters to an end with Louis XII...and it was necessary, therefore, to have recourse to some profitable scheme, which was a matter of great difficulty in the impoverished condition of exhausted Italy.
  5. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
    Cæsar gave way before such cogent reasoning, and the cardinals were consequently invited to dinner.
  6. ingratiating
    calculated to please or gain favor
    Rospigliosi, quite set up with his new dignities, went with a good appetite and his most ingratiating manner.
  7. chimerical
    produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
    ...Dantès could not believe that the deposit, supposing it had ever existed, still existed; and though he considered the treasure as by no means chimerical, he yet believed it was no longer there.
  8. dissimulation
    the act of deceiving
    Thus the Genoese, subtle as he was, was duped by Edmond, in whose favor his mild demeanor, his nautical skill, and his admirable dissimulation, pleaded.
  9. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
    He had by degrees assumed such authority over his companions that he was almost like a commander on board; and as his orders were always clear, distinct, and easy of execution, his comrades obeyed him with celerity and pleasure.
  10. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
    The sobriquet of La Carconte had been bestowed on Madeleine Radelle from the fact that she had been born in a village, so called, situated between Salon and Lambesc...
  11. appellation
    identifying words by which someone or something is called
    ...and as a custom existed among the inhabitants of that part of France where Caderousse lived of styling every person by some particular and distinctive appellation, her husband had bestowed on her the name of La Carconte in place of her sweet and euphonious name of Madeleine...
  12. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
    ...and as a custom existed among the inhabitants of that part of France where Caderousse lived of styling every person by some particular and distinctive appellation, her husband had bestowed on her the name of La Carconte in place of her sweet and euphonious name of Madeleine...
  13. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
    “I hope it may be so,” replied Caderousse, his face flushed with cupidity.
  14. abject
    most unfortunate or miserable
    I often ask pardon of God, I swear to you, because this action, the only one with which I have seriously to reproach myself in all my life, is no doubt the cause of my abject condition.
  15. destitution
    a state without money or prospects
    “You see, I, who never did a bad action but that I have told you of — am in destitution, with my poor wife dying of fever before my very eyes, and I unable to do anything in the world for her; I shall die of hunger, as old Dantès did, while Fernand and Danglars are rolling in wealth.”
Created on Sun Nov 29 15:22:31 EST 2020 (updated Tue Aug 05 18:02:02 EDT 2025)

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