Count of Monte Cristo: Among Friends (Part 1 of 3)

Fictional

Jason Weiser

Arts, History, Books

4.9 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Edmond Dantes returns to France as a captain. He has just received a promotion, and soon he will be marrying the love of his life: the beautiful Mercedes.

The only issue? He doesn't realize that he has enemies, and that the last request of his dying captain - simply delivering a letter - could change his life forever.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is absolutely in the top 10 for all-time favorite books. It has everything, and it's so intricately woven together that you just get lost in it. It was absolutely a challenge for this show, but it's a story that I'm excited to tell.

Music:

"Brand New World" by Kai Engel

"Mercy" by Kai Engel

"KeoKeo" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Maisie Dreamer" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Callow" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Vik Fence Drona" by Blue Dot Sessions

Transcript

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0:00.0	Edmund Dantas shivered in the robot as they made their way to the island.
0:16.1	It was so early that the sky in the east hadn't yet turned orange, and yet it had been
0:21.5	a long night already.
0:23.8	Their captain was dead, claimed by brain fever.
0:27.5	Dantas had been the first mate, up until just after midnight.
0:30.9	When, with the passing of the captain, Edmund rose to acting captain of the farion.
0:36.1	He had been by the captain as he passed, holding the man's sweaty hand, hearing his
0:40.2	final words, and receiving the late captain's final order.
0:45.1	Even if the man hadn't been captain, Edmund still respected the last wishes of a dying
0:49.4	man.
0:50.4	His first act as captain would be to carry out the final orders of his predecessor.
0:55.0	Besides, it was only delivering a letter, and the island wasn't even that far off their
0:59.1	route.
1:00.1	They were ahead of schedule anyway, and Edmund could spend the whole day in the island,
1:03.8	if necessary.
1:04.8	And still might get back to Marseille, his home, to see his father, and Mercedes, love
1:10.1	of his life.
1:11.9	Dantas stared ahead as they approached the island, late glowing in the early morning.
1:16.5	No doubt guards patrolled it all hours of the night and day.
1:19.7	That was definitely true of the sea.
1:21.4	They had nearly missed the British and their fellow French ships sailing in.
1:24.9	They went that secretly patrolled these waters, the ones that ensured that he didn't escape.
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