Part 2: the thrilling conclusion you waited for is not here yet.

Edmond, who now calls himself the count of monte cristo, has started off with some charity: he gave a large diamond to somebody for information on the current era (which is 14 years off), and finds out several things:
a: his wife married his enemy Fernand, who mysteriously got rich quick and is now Count Morcerf. He has one son: Albert.
B: His old enemy Danglers is now an excellent banker
C: His corrupt judge had a bonapartist father who is now bound to a wheelchair (Villefort). The father's (Noirtier) granddaughter Valentine is the only family who actually loves him. Valentine is planning to escape her arranged marriage to marry Maximillian, the son of the merchant whom Monte Cristo used to work for.

Upon hearing all this, the count saves his old friends from financial ruin and then departs on a yacht, vowing he will devote his life to revenge.

I have a sinking feeling that this was due on tuesday...

So.
Edmond Dantes is jailed because one guy wants his wife, another guy wants his job and a third guy doesn't want the world to know his father supported Napoleon. He was in jail for 14 or 17 years before he (with the help of another cellmate) escapes, having been stuck in a sack and thrown from the castle into the sea.

The cellmate, who died during the escape, told Edmond of an ancient treasure he learned about before being incarcerated. Edmond found it, and is now rich and fabulously wealthy.

"Chautau D'if", kingdom of the Hypotheticals

I just started reading "The Count of Monte Cristo" which takes place in France before and after Napoleon's 100 days back in action. I'm following the life of Edmond Dante, who is about to get promoted at his job as a successful sailor to CAPTAIN, marry a BEAUTIFUL GIRL and SAVE HIS FATHER from poverty. So what could go wrong?