THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS // ANIMATED BOOK SUMMARY

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[@thebooktutor]

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[@jadennesbitt2859]

It’s worth noting that Villefort’s motivation for covering up the letter was not primarily to protect his father but rather to protect his own reputation.

[@Mapalqnfjoz]

100%, Villefort had his own reputation and future in mind rather than Noirtier’s

[@chaffycaesar8026]

Anyone else watching the night before a major test grade? 😂

[@chaffycaesar8026]

What school do you go to lmao

[@jmte6432]

I watched this for my book review

[@janbhai1050]

Yes

[@lukem6785]

yep i have exams tomorrow

[@disispeter]

Wish this was around 10 years ago when i was in school

[@taylorvantassel6830]

It was cute but left a lot out. Most importantly about Villfort's wife killing off all her stepdaughters family and "killing" her stepdaughter before she is caught and kills herself and her son. After witch Villfort goes insane.

[@jakewaldvogel4241]

Anyone actually willing to read the book in its fullness would know that it is infinitely better than the movie. Ive seen the movie plenty of times and read the book too, and I can say flatout that the book contains more depth, more detail, a wider and more thrilling story, as well as the endless list of allusions it makes to magnificent pieces of literature, art of the 1800’s, and the various societal/political positions of nineteenth century France. Even though the movie is good, you would certainly be doing yourself a huge favor by reading the book. There is never a dull moment in that book. It may sound long and unworth the time it takes to read, but I can guarantee that it is a thrilling story of adventure from the beginning to the end, and I would 10 out of 10 recommend.

[@kaisawatson]

A movie cannot adapt properly the story, and to me it was pretty disastrous. Not only does they simplify the story, they change very important plot points which change completely the moral message of the novel. Never a dull moment ? even when Pastrini tell Franz about Vampa's backstory, when Vampa himself was told the backstory of another thief ? Dumas was payed by the number of words so yeah. I wouldn't say there are no dull moment. Still it's definitely in another league than the movie.

[@Tenorgeiger]

The French tv version starring Gerard Depardieu is a more complete rendition of the story. It’s about 6 hours long, but very well done. It’s on KZbin with English subtitles.

[@chadberles2056]

Movie is better period

[@Kristofur77]

I read the abridge version not expecting such a great read I wish I read the unabridged but I don't feel like reading it again so I just live with reading the abridged

[@chadberles2056]

No Its diffrent art a book of course you have as many pages as you need a film is 2 hours and its visual with audio ....We can tell so much about Darth Vader in a the first 60 seconds on screen yes learning what his 3rd grade teacher and pages and. Pages of back story help I guess but if you have eyes ears you can tell hes a badass cyborg means business ect. So even in the directors commentary of course he wanted to spend more time in the prison with his teacher those wete great meaningful scenes with great actors but 20 mintues we get the point its not shawshank we can't spend the whole 2 hours in the prison he meets a great wise man he teaches him everything he learns lessons an escapes 20 mintues next

[@coathack5521]

There are a few mistakes in your explanation of the plot. Dantes is celebrating his marriage to Mercedes at the tavern he's arrested at. Danglars wrote the letter that got Dantes arrested, not the letter Dantes received on Elba. Fernand set the letter to France, not Elba.

[@ArvosCrusader]

zsuvon finally someone noticed

[@ArvosCrusader]

zsuvon also which version of the bootleg r u reading in the one I'm reading there is no gaspar, villefort goes insane after his wife poisons herself and her son and at the end the count just leaves with haydee

[@coathack5521]

I read the Robin Buss translation, published by Penguin. Gaspar is Caderousse's first name, but it is only mentioned once in the beginning and then he is referred to by Caderousse for the rest of the book. Yeah, Villefort goes insane and then Morrel and Valentine watch the Count and Haydee sail away.

[@ArvosCrusader]

zsuvon thx for clearing that up m8

[@FC-qc8fj]

THANK YOU! I was confused

[@humanbeing1248]

Literally no one calls Caderousse by his first name

[@aileenmunoze]

Exactly

[@arisann7083]

Right?! I was like, who’s gaspar?

[@MrBradleyfree]

Mondago is the one who pulled the trigger! He'd never confess in a million years!!

[@jeepneygang]

You're right... He wouldn't... But you just did.

[@scoobers290]

Okay but all jokes aside, this book is amazing. There’s so much good character development and such a amazing story.

[@nicosogrecos]

At the end Dantes leaves with Haydee who declares her love for him ,as someone else commented the letter was sent to the prosecutor in France not Elba.But still a good summary.

[@aileenmunoze]

Caderousse didn’t “help” to write the letter. Fernand and Danglars get him really drunk and he actually tries to stop the whole thing going down at the party but Danglars scares him saying that he would be accused of being a Bonapartist if Edmond was found indeed guilty. So he shuts up and lets the ball roll. He was super greed and avaricious though.

[@erikadaunheimerr4275]

Mercedes is a person who was also rewarded and punished. The Count gives Albert and elixir to bring him counious(reward). At the end of the book she is left with out a son heart broken, he is sent to Africa to work to give his mother money.

[@QueenBlack1981]

erika daunheimerr no, Albert is not sent to Africa! After he learns the truth from Mercedes his mother, he no longer wants to be identified as the vicount of Morcef, and he realises that the scandal is too much for him to bear. His mother and him decides to leave the house Fernando Mondego known as the Count the Morcef had bought. As Fernand hears them depart from the house leaving most of the valuable things (they realize it is blood money), Fernando kills himself. Edmond Dantès had prepared a little treasure for Mercedes, the money he had sparred before going to prison. Mercedes goes back to Marseille to live in the house of Edmond’s father and Albert joins the army bearing the name of his maternal grandfather as he is too conscious that his father’s name is too stained for him to continue bearing. So Albert is not sent to Africa, he chooses Africa.

[@ts31966]

Edmund has no choice but to become the person he had become in prison. Edmund realized that his innocence had landed him in prison. He trusted the wrong people and was taken advantage of by them. His young persona had to die to survive prison and the loss of his life and his father’s. If Edmund had stayed mentally the same he would have died in prison. This story is ultimately like many other stories and life. People ultimately sow the seeds of their own destruction by their ill deeds. Ultimately all debts must be paid in full. The film made in 2002 changes the story and turns the dark to light. Edmund’s pirate friend saves Edmund from the dark fate he is creating.

[@drpoundsign]

I saw the 2002 version with my Late Father and his female friend. We joked that he made a lot of rocky S**t with that gruel diet-and the guards didn't catch on.

[@captainurchin7168]

watching this for french class. still dying inside.

[@PramkLuna]

Just finished reading this book, took me an entire month but definitely left me satisfied as a reader.

[@Randersonwood]

LOL the way you depicted Mercedes in the intro animation - skinny jeans, long hair, hip cocked and looking fabulous. She’s ready for a 21st-century HOUSE PARTY 🔥💯🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@kaisawatson]

Ok so did you actually read the book?

[@francescoma1867]

The Count of Monte Cristo is not an invention. The man in flesh and blood who inspired Alexandre Dumas for the figure of Edmond Dantès was his father, Thomas Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie known as "General Dumas", who in 1799 was imprisoned in the Aragonese Castle of Taranto, which in the famous novel became the Castel d'If. Precisely in the Aragonese Castle of Taranto on 10 September 2020 an exhibition curated by Tonio Attino was inaugurated with illustrations by Nico Pillinini, a narrative path that describes the Taranto imprisonment of the Napoleonic officer, transformed into a literary hero by his son. The exhibition is always open: we are waiting for you !! Other news on the FB page "Francesco Ma".

[@hamz7986]

This was very good and asmr-ish. Thanks!

[@malekitani7262]

thanks helped a lot with my assignment btw i really like those drawings

[@AkariKitsune]

It’s a great story of both love and revenge. But I admire Monte Christo because he don’t take it out on innocent and that he helps those who have helped him. If he was in prison for a long time falsely accused i thought the logic thing was to harm everyone except those involved in throwing him in jail. I think prison changes a man but he had an old wise friend there that thought him moral and how to best fight your opponents. Witch in the end saved him from going a destructive path. But of course some had to die, the men responsible of accusing him. I just love that story and my favourite part was the overpriced chicken in prison. I don’t know how many times i read and watched Monte Christo.

[@drpoundsign]

The scary thing was that Alfred Dreyfus was framed and exiled to Devil's Island in real life, in the Late 19th Century, basically for being Jewish. There were also a lot of collaborators in France in WW2...including many that handed Jews to the Nazis.

[@suzilahlah]

I feel like you missed a few integral points and got a few wrong too. It’s a complex book, but well done anyway

[@louisevanderwaal882]

The letter Dantes recieved from Napoleon's own hand on Elba (the captain died before they reached the island) was not a fake. Danglars knew of this letter and got Fernand to write to the police so that Dantes would be arrested. He did not write the letter from Elba, that one was real. Also, the count planned on causing Danglars death by starvation just like Danglars caused Dantes's father to starve, but decided to spare him at the last moment.

[@coltoniusix7638]

thanks for helping me complete my book report for a book I’ve never finished…

[@yUmi_yUmi_I]

2:04 - That's actually not true. Dantes tries to "stay sane" (also keep track of time) only throughout the first 3-4 years of him being in prison. Later on he stops counting the days and even attempts starving himself to death. It isn't long after he gives up on the idea of committing suicide when he hears the noises of someone (Abbe Faria) digging around.

[@Coffees.For.Closers]

Great video. But I have been looking for the name of the background song for a very long time as I heard it somewhere else and enjoyed it. Does anyone know its name?

[@rvnb1027]

I wouldn’t use this in a test. He can’t even pronounce the names right and while some of his facts are right some are not. Fernand did not send the letter to the island of Elba. He sent the letter accusing Edmond of being a Bonapartest and the letter was found. Just one example. It’s like this guy didn’t actually read the book before making this.

[@JdR-ew9dk]

You could've drawn it more realistic instead of these that 70's squares

[@thebooktutor]

Thanks for the feedback! Can you post a timestamp of a scene that you think should be better? I'd like to improve and just want to understand more about your thoughts

[@JdR-ew9dk]

The Book Tutor Don't know if you're being sarcastic, but... out of love of this Story and Movie I'd rather would've saw clothing style from the 17/1800's instead of jeans on "Mercedes".

[@thebooktutor]

I'm being genuine. Thank you! I'll remember that for the next video I make.

[@JdR-ew9dk]

The Book Tutor you're welcome and thank you too, good luck, subbed!

[@mangot589]

Go ahead and do it better, if you think you can, instead of being a critic. It was fine. And oh, being from the 70’s myself, since obviously you weren’t there, I take umbrage to being called squares.😒

[@jpChestnut]

What was the tune in the background?

[@roxiethecockapoo1138]

Thank you. I was reading the book, lost track for a while, and now have no idea what's going on. Unfortunately, I also realized that according to reviews, the real book was thousands of pages long and I'm only reading a 500 page book-so assumingly it's abridged. Preferabbly, I'd like to search for the genuine copy and read to its fullest.

[@drcommondrate12]

The pronunciation lmao I can’t... my French ears are cringing.

[@Miller-og8ke]

I don't even speak French and I was cringing, "shatter daif" Ah why

[@jush7719]

My ears were bleeding with the bad pronunciation! MONsuir, SHATTO D-eef, vil-le fort. I couldn't take it

[@antidweller6373]

Probably similar when french speak english.

[@cookwithshynika5414]

Nice vedio. I like it

[@captainbean1264]

you completely missed albert morcerf and franz epinay

[@ojounfriends]

Wew, great story I'm in here because of Kdrama Big Mouth

[@illiasimochko590]

Good video, but Mercedes was never aware of the death of old Dantes. She basically left him to die of poverty.

[@kaisawatson]

Wrong, she was there when he died, he even died in her arms. At the end of chapter XIII.

[@OptimusPrime3239]

​@@kaisawatson this novel has ,any translations that is why it is really confusing to understand the whole story

[@toxicakysaan4846]

nice video dude

[@thebooktutor]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jp32123]

promoted to what? who's the captain? so many more things that could've easily been cleared up with brevity.

[@prodigyx1089]

Can you do "The Reign of Greed"?

[@KingNazaru]

Can you do Nyarlathotep or Phantom of the Opera?

[@ValCronin]

So, Villefort's stillborn infant is the one who grows up to accuse Villefort of intent to bury the infant? How would the son know?

[@thebooktutor]

+Val Cronin Villefort lied to his wife, and falsely claimed the baby was stillborn. He waa prepared to bury the baby alive, until he gets interrupted. Years later, Villefort is accused of numerous crimes by that son. Importantly, Edmond/The Count of Monte Cristo set this all in motion. Great question!

[@hameemmedia6282]

Barrua who is the servant of monte cristo, reveals this story. He was the one who attempted to kill Villefort, because he was anxious that his brother was killed and VIllefort severely refused to investigate this case.So he follows Villefort for three months and finally stabs him with the knife.Then he sees a buried baby and thnks that god has rewarded him,so he adopts him. He grows up aggressive and cruel, and he leaves home and he puts Barrua`s wife on fire. When he tells the story to Monte Cristo he wishes to never meet that kid again and he hopes that he died. But count says those famous words that i love: `` Evil people are the weapons of revenge of God, they will never die out easily, God will use them to bring justice, however those evil people will get their punishment by another person. Despite him sympathy towards Barrua he refuses to believe this story,. Soon Monte Cristo gathers everyone for the party, Barrua was astonished:he has seen Bendetto, Villefort and Danglars wife. Monte Cristo lived in the place where Barrua claimed he has found the baby, so he decides to test whether its true or not. He brings everyone to the garden where the baby was buried, and he notices that mademoiselle Danglars is feeling very bad, and Villefort is very nervous. Later when Bendetto is jailed, Villefort has been delegated to prosecute him, and during the court Bendetto claims that Villefort is his father. Bendetto gt to know that when Barrua has visited him in jail and told him everything. Villefort leaves the court...

[@kaisawatson]

@@thebooktutor You didn't answer though.

[@ZlevelS]

Bertuccio, who the Count of Monte Cristo later hires as a servant, as he is imprisoned when this happens, had an old vendetta against Villefort and was stalking him the night he went to the garden to bury the "stillborn" infant. He thinks he has killed Villefort by stabbing him and digs up the baby and runs off. Villefort wakes up later stunned, but only he and Bertuccio know the infant is missing. Bertuccio raises Benedetto, who is then hired by The Count to exact revenge on Villefort.

[@gracegallimore4580]

Moral of the story: Karma is a bitch. Be careful who you fuck over.

[@brighthorizons1614]

Never to be seen again? Hold on I thought he ended up with Haydee?

[@ibrahimayaora8834]

good job

[@jp32123]

another question: why did the letter have to be fabricated? didn't u say that it already warranted a prison sentence withOUT fabrication?

[@mephistopheles2168]

Anyone here after watching Gankutsuou?

[@enryucolfer]

YES

[@mysteriousstranger5100]

FUCK YES!! Gankutsuou was 24 ep of disappointment and emptiness. I needed this to remind me of the better story.

[@anishabisht4213]

What's gankitsuou?

[@mephistopheles2168]

@@anishabisht4213 Gankutsuou is an anime retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo.

[@ridiculoussinner4]

Before watching. I just wanted to see the parallels between this and Dracula before I watched it in full.

[@AegisRick]

I mean... he basically botched the entire revenge against VIllefort by planting ideas of poison into his wife, who ultimately went on a rampant killing spree of her whole family including their innocent kids. It's here where he actually begins to question whether or not he should be playing God.

[@eltrut1907]

Does anyone know the chapters where Dantes executes his revenge on Danglars, Gaspard, Villefort. and Fernand?

[@tomeikawalker9087]

This is difficult bc he is executing his revenge on them all through the last 3 volumes of the book with several bad acts against each. I guess you could say things come to a head for Danglars in ch 115, Villefort beginning in chs. 101 and 110 (his revenge is very long and complicated), Fernando ch 92 and Gaspard ch 82.

[@Chris-nl8lo]

You got the part about the letter wrong

[@pledgestone]

Danglars didn't write the letter that Dantes received on Elba.

[@richardcoloma7375]

I was sent here by Andrew Tate from one of his videos, this explains what he was talking about, regarding him being in jail. Thank god of youtube book summaries cuz my ass aint reading no book.

[@veahramos6245]

Is it man vs man?

[@arthurbriand2175]

"Abbé" is not a first name but a religious charge "abbot", essentially a priest.

[@CarlJohnson-kk4pr]

The author of the book was basing his metaphor's on The catholic church and The Jesuit's [Secret Society of zeus] having Final Vengeance. Count /Monseinor Christos/Cristo = The Empire of The Jesuit's take Over Vaticanus =New/Old Pagan Roman Empire.[4th Beast of Daniel.

[@Tirantekk]

Now wait… they didn’t write the letter the Napoleon gave Edmond. They wrote a second letter condemning Edmond for the REAL letter Napoleon gave him. I could be misremembering but I don’t think so.

[@tartagalisious8514]

you forgot poor jackpot and fern and the captain smuggler and when abbe death and Montero don't have a daughter only a son 😠😠😠

[@SoCal818]

You got some of these events in the wrong order and incorrect. 1) Edmond is arrested at the wedding feast for he and Mercedes not a celebration for his captaincy. 2) Villefort's motivation was less to protect his father and more to protect his own future job prospects. 3) Abbe Faria is a priest. Abbe was basically an old title for priest not a name. So either he's called Faria or The Abbe. Not just Abbe, it's not a name. 4) Caderouse's insistence on repayment from Old Dantes is like chapter 2 but mentioned halfway through the video? 😂 Ok I gotta stop, doing this timeline all out of order is just confusing af

[@marioaraya7765]

I read the book ... who is Gaspard?

[@paulinemwende4852]

Book of all times

[@karuxoe5938]

Doesn't he get back with Mercedes afterwards?

[@knotkool1]

i've tried many times to slog through the book. it's so convoluted and confusing that it sucked the joy of reading from my soul. this video is a lot like the book. ...scuze me, i have to go watch some drunk russian truck drivers now.

[@SellavinAtoms]

I like the animation and experience of the video, I know the story not a happy but I like the 2002 film because it had a happier ending then the older ones, but that doesn't mean I don't like the other ones too I love the story for he finds justice even at the cost of his own happiness.

[@fishfishrun1207]

Is this the movie or the book becuase this is not a great explanation.

[@donaldclay9535]

If I Ever Win a Super Lottery I May Do the Same Thing, Maybe. Get Story of Payback.

[@eliotmortimore6865]

Dantes' father died of starvation so Mercedes did not live with him.

[@cdadlpop]

3:32 - 3:54 wrong! Abbe is not a name it's a title. MondeNgo? Sheesh, did you guys even read the book?

[@JorickTube]

You didn't read the book did you?

[@jackvolden3792]

I pity the fool who crosses Edmond Dante’s

[@WackyWorkshopWonders]

Ave Maria

[@basedokadaizo]

yeah uh where's Haydee.

[@MeiziVu]

Why is the art not the correct clothing?

[@micahcurry4359]

if anybody else from my literature class is here, hello, you're not alone, I stink at this class lol

[@sitcomchristian6886]

Luke 5:18-20 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when He saw their faith, He said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

[@bernice6867]

Some period clothes would have been nice.

[@homicidalnun3931]

is it just me or does this read like a Tarantino movie?

[@alexiskzknd8349]

Shout out to grade 10 service HAHAHAHA

[@quentinmantione1224]

wha- HOW CAN YOU DRAW THEM IN T-SHIRT?!? ITS IN THE 18th CENTURY!!!

[@Lil-po2uv]

Thi is for awfully Łazy people! You'd better read this magnificent book.

[@lizdp7683]

I’m trying to watch it and I’m bored!!! My sisters want me to watch it 😢😅

[@lightning5054]

Ms stone why do thou cast the burden of ascribing a new ending to this literature!!!!

[@mistyblue8913]

At the end of it all Dantes was a traitor so he wasn't really falsely imprisoned because he was delivering a letter that was in fact treasonous to the kings rule

[@cdadlpop]

He was carrying a letter from the Captain of the ship he was a sailor in at the request of the Captain himself. He did not know what was in the letter nor that the person who he was to deliver it to was a Bonapartist.

[@mistyblue8913]

@cdadlpop so it was unbeknownst to him the nature of the letter? Thanks for the clarification. He was setup after all

[@blakefernandez2177]

Possessing a letter from whaat ?????!!! Bone of artist ?

[@vampkreiss]

Bonapartist

[@DarkcIoud1111]

Villefort's father was a Bonapartist, meaning he was part of a party that wanted Napoleon to become the Emperor and overthrow the king. The letter Dante was asked to deliver contained information about the plan to sneak Napoleon back into France and mentioned Villefort's father by name. In order to protect his father and advance his career he destroys the letter, tosses Dante in prison without trial, and tells the king about the plot he learned of from a Bonapartist agent (Dante).

[@varunikulkarni5578]

Bonopartist

[@maureencora1]

This Story Makes Wish i Could Win a Lottery $123,456,789.10 After Taxes Pay Back the Guys Who Set Me Up to Lose the Best Job I Ever Had.

[@jacobscott9732]

There is a lot incorrect in this.

[@TheHydred]

Mondego not Mondango

[@TheDarkhorse386]

Why dose Mercedes have blonde hair? No it is black

[@bugboi1445]

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[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

This does not do justice to the actual book, I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in literature

[@haiderjaved7927]

Why didnt Cristo go after his girl ?

[@joseabanto3901]

He realizes he could love someone else (Haydée) and that he could not be with Mercedes anymore because He’s not Dantés anymore. Also because she’s changed, while he has kept his countenance

[@jacobmoon1995]

A lot of this is incorrect

[@d-17gaming88]

Kis kis ko kuch nhi samjh aya 😅

[@d-17gaming88]

Mere ko

[@lopamudraray4571]

Now I understand, why the book is FAT...

[@filmophileadda3307]

yes, that book should do some Excercise and diet

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

unnecessarily so. there's alot of useless filler in it. although a really good book. too many details that only make sense , in the sense that they're details. if the book was trimmed to half you would still get the better part of the story and main plot.

[@rhythm7985]

The movie was so much better than the book

[@nickacelvn]

Envy is ......misguided!

[@sozoii]

God loves y’all Jesus Christ saves Give Him a chance