The Son of Monte Cristo, Volume II of 2

Alexandre Dumas père

It was about the middle of December, 1813, that a solitary horseman was pursuing the road which leads through the Black Forest from Breisach to Freiburg. The rider was a man in the prime of life. He wore a long brown overcoat, reaching to his knees, and shoes fastened with steel buckles. His powdered hair was combed back and tied with a black band, while his head was covered with a cap that had a projecting peak. The evening came, and darkness spread over the valley: the Black Forest had not received its name in vain. A few miles from Freiburg there stands a lonely hill, named the Emperor's Chair. Dark masses of basalt form the steps of this natural throne; tall evergreens stretch their branches protectingly over the hill. A fresh mountain air is cast about by the big trees, and the north wind is in eternal battle with this giant, which it bends but can never break...FROM THE BOOKS.

Table of contents

• Chapter–I. Fanfaro’s Adventures
• Chapter–II. The Golden Sun
• Chapter–III. Old and New Acquaintances
• Chapter–IV. Brother and Sister
• Chapter–V. Master and Servant
• Chapter–VI. The Performance
• Chapter–VII. Pierre Labarre
• Chapter–VIII. A Meeting
• Chapter–IX. The Gratitude of a Nobleman
• Chapter–X. Escaped
• Chapter–XI. In Paris
• Chapter–XII. The “Marquise”
• Chapter–XIII. The Pursuit
• Chapter–XIV. Louise
• Chapter–XV. Swindled
• Chapter–XVI. Machiavelli and Company
• Chapter–XVII. Louison
• Chapter–XVIII. The Canal
• Chapter–XIX. Splendor
• Chapter–XX. In Leigoutte
• Chapter–XXI. Excited
• Chapter–XXII. The Trial
• Chapter–XXIII. The Crisis
• Chapter–XXIV. The Autopsy
• Chapter–XXV. From Scylla to Charybdis
• Chapter–XXVI. Mistaken
• Chapter–XXVII. Freedom
• Chapter–XXVII. Benedetto’s Revenge
• Chapter–XXVIII. Spero
• Chapter–XXIX. Forward March
• Chapter–XXX. Jane Zild
• Chapter–XXXI. A Thunderbolt
• Chapter–XXXII. Old Acquaintances
• Chapter–XXXIII. The Catastrophe
• Chapter–XXXIV. A Shot
• Chapter–XXXV. Will She Live?
• Chapter–XXXVI. Melosan’s Secret
• Chapter–XXXVII. Carmen
• Chapter–XXXVIII. Recollections
• Chapter–XXXIX. Disappeared
• Chapter–XL. A Confession
• Chapter–XLI. On the Trail
• Chapter XLII. The Trap
• Chapter–XLIII. The Path of Thorns
• Chapter–XLIV. The Pasha
• Chapter–XLV. How Carmen Keeps her Word
• Chapter–XLVI. In Courbevoie
• Chapter–XLVII. The Devoted
• Chapter–XLVIII. United in Death
• Chapter–XLIX. The Spectre
• Chapter–L
• Epilogue The Abbe Dantes