The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 21 summary
Chapter 21 of 117 · Volume 1 · 15 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 21, Dantès cuts himself free underwater, reaches Tiboulen, and survives a storm before sailors rescue him and accept his claim to be a shipwreck survivor. His skill earns him work aboard their vessel, and learning that fourteen years have passed renews his hatred and his oath of revenge.
What happens
- Dantès cuts through the sack and the cord securing the cannonball, then swims toward Tiboulen using the Planier light.
- He rests on Tiboulen, shelters from a storm, and witnesses a fishing boat break apart against the rocks.
- Using a sailor’s cap and floating timber, he approaches a tartan, whose sailors rescue him as his strength fails.
- He claims to be a Maltese sailor and proves his usefulness by steering the vessel safely past Rion.
- Jacopo supplies clothes, and Dantès drinks calmly when an alarm gun signals an escape from the Château d’If.
- Jacopo gives the date, and Dantès realizes fourteen years have passed before renewing his oath against Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort.
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What to notice
The date reveals the full length of his captivity. This realization leads directly to thoughts of Mercédès and renewed revenge.
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How does Dantès prove his usefulness to the captain?
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