The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 20 summary
Chapter 20 of 117 · Volume 1 · 8 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 20, Dantès turns from grief and thoughts of suicide to an escape plan, hiding Faria’s body in his own bed and sewing himself inside the burial sack. He expects a grave he can escape, but the bearers tie a cannonball to his feet and throw him into the sea.
What happens
- Beside Faria’s body, Dantès considers suicide, then resolves to live, recover happiness, and punish those responsible for his suffering.
- He moves Faria into his own bed, disguises the corpse as a sleeping prisoner, and sews himself inside the sack.
- Dantès waits through the supper hour without discovery, holding a knife ready for escape.
- Two bearers carry him outside, stop to fasten a heavy object to his feet, and continue toward the waves.
- They swing the sack into the sea, where a thirty-six-pound cannonball drags Dantès beneath the water.

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