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Resumen de El hijo de Monte-Cristo
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Readers who love swashbuckling plots, secret passages, disguises and old family feuds will feel at home here, as will anyone who has finished The Count of Monte-Cristo and wants to see what becomes of his house.
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A boy vanishes from his bed in the Algerian night, and a jeweled dagger lies where he slept. The Son of Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel by Jules Lermina, written as a sequel to the Dumas classic about Edmond Dantès. It follows Esperance, the son of the Count and Haydée, from a desert kidnapping to his first steps in Paris. Between them lies the life of Fanfar, a strongman and rope dancer who becomes the boy's guardian. Expect chases, disguises, secret passages and old debts that will not stay buried.
En este resumen
- 1A boy is stolen from his bedFree
- 2Fanfar's tale begins in 1813
- 3The mountains rise against the invasion
- 4Two children lost in the dark
- 5Plots and an heiress at the inn
- 6The rescue, the flight, and Paris in 1824
- 7What the story is really about
- 8Esperance steps into Paris
- 9How the tale is told
Idea clave 1 de 9
A boy is stolen from his bed
The story opens in the hot Algerian night. Esperance, the young son of the Count of Monte-Cristo, sleeps in the house of Fanfar, a French colonist. His father sits in the next room, ready to hear the colonist's life story.
A figure in a green cloak slips through the window. He is Maldar, the Sultan, who somehow survived the Count's revenge. He swears the son will pay the father's debt, and fanatical tribesmen carry the boy into the desert.
When Fanfar checks the bed, it is empty and a jeweled dagger lies on the floor. The Count knows whose weapon it is. He leads the chase himself, saying a father has a father's duty, and rides out with Captain Joliette, the Zouave Coucon and the former clown Bobichel.
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Questions about El hijo de Monte-Cristo
What is The Son of Monte-Cristo about?
It follows Esperance, the son of the Count of Monte-Cristo, from a kidnapping in Algeria to adult life in Paris. It also tells the life of Fanfar, the strongman who becomes his guardian, and a feud with the Fongereues family.
Do I need to read The Count of Monte-Cristo first?
It helps, since the book brings back Danglars, Villefort's son Benedetto and others. But the epilogue retells Dantès's story briefly, and the plot of Fanfar's life stands on its own as an adventure.
Who is Fanfar in the story?
Fanfar is a young rope dancer and strongman raised by the mountebank Gudel. He is gentle, brave and loyal, and he fights both a wicked noble family and the police of the restored king.
Who is Jane Zeld?
Jane Zeld is a gifted singer who appears suddenly in Paris. Her real history is tied to her devoted steward and to a secret from the past, and her meeting with Esperance changes both their lives.
Is The Son of Monte-Cristo a true story?
It uses real periods such as the 1814 invasion of France and Paris under Napoleon the Third as its setting.