Reading the Chunksters discussion

Near the end of chapter 47, Madam de Villefort described the runaway horses in a letter to Madam Danglars

“Your horses got as far as Ranelagh, when they darted forward like mad things,”

So the horses were not wild at first. Hummm I wonder how the count arranged this scenario. I hope we find out. (I have only read to the end of chapter 47.)

I do believe we have not seen the last of Benedetto. When Bertuccio hopes that his adopted nephew is dead, the Count observes that "the wicked do not die in that way: God seems to take them under his protection to use them as the instruments of his vengeance," (522). I think in this instance, I would guess that we could substitute "the Count of Monte Cristo" for "God." Just a guess! I haven't read that far. :)

I feel that I need to start keeping a list of the characters and their connections to each other. There are so many side-stories! I find when I put the book aside for even a few days I have to go back and reread a little to re-orient myself in the plot.

Do you think Abbe Busoni could be Dantes?

Yes, Busoni is Dantes. We learned that when he visited Caderousse and gave him the jewel.

I'm close to the end of the book and I still get confused with all the characters.

Wikipedia has a list and explanation of them all. I just had to look up someone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cou...

For me, this is where the book started to get really engaging again. I was engaged at the beginning, through Dantes' prison time and escape and then it lagged for me in Italy and at the opera.

The scene with Bertuccio getting dripped on made me cry out loud it was so surprisingly gross.

That's a good point and I do not recall all the details of Bertuccio getting out of jail. I do recall that Dantes wore a disguise when he was Busoni