The Count of Monte Cristo Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 15, Numbers 34 and 27, Chapter 16, An Learned Italian, Chapter 17, The Abbe's Chamber, Chapter 18, The Treasure, Chapter 19, The Third Attack, and Chapter 20, The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If Summary

Chapter 15, Numbers 34 and 27, Chapter 16, An Learned Italian, Chapter 17, The Abbe's Chamber, Chapter 18, The Treasure, Chapter 19, The Third Attack, and Chapter 20, The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If Summary

The prisoner's name is Abbe Faria, and he returns to Dantes cell. He was imprisoned four years before Dantes. (Chapter 16, An Learned Italian) Faria tells Dantes how he has continued to educate himself while in prison, using tools he has made to write. (Chapter 17, The Abbe's Chamber) Dantes tells Faria about what led to his imprisonment, and Faria suggests someone may have been out to harm Dantes. Dantes eventually realizes Danglars and Fernand were probably behind it. Faria also points out that Noirtier is Villefort's father, and Villefort probably had something to do with it as well. Faria makes plans to educate Dantes while they are imprisoned, and the two also plan to escape the fortress. Fifteen months later, they are working on their tunnel when Faria has a cataleptic fit. He tells Dantes that it is an incurable condition, and the next attack will kill him....
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