The voices / 150 fragments
Alexandre Dumas
1802 AD — 1870 AD
Dantès explains how happiness can blind him, while the count’s final letter asks Morrel and Valentine to wait and hope. Their different moments connect expectation with the costly consequences of the story.
Author and source reference ↗Life and writing
The catalogue identifies Alexandre Dumas with lifetime years 1802–1870 and also credits Auguste Maquet, 1813–1888, as an author of this novel. That second creator is retained in the related book record. The catalogue does not specify the English translator. Anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteers, Dan Muller and David Widger receive digital credits. Its HTML ISBN belongs to the electronic edition; the underlying print publisher remains unspecified. These references support selected scenes, not every saying attributed to Dumas.
Project Gutenberg catalogue — The Count of Monte Cristo ↗Checked related reading — The Count of Monte Cristo ↗ Catalogue identity/lifetime and linked edition credits, framing or cast
In Chapter 3, Dantès answers Caderousse’s accusation of pride by saying he is happy and that happiness can blind more than pride. The reply occurs before the plot against him takes effect. In Chapter 117, Morrel and Valentine read the count’s letter, ending with the injunction to wait and hope. The surrounding scene includes painful news and an acknowledgment that happiness has come at a cost. These words belong to a character and a letter within the novel, not a direct promise by either credited author that waiting guarantees reward. Both selected extracts match the linked English text.
Checked related reading — The Count of Monte Cristo ↗ Chapter 117, The Fifth of October; the count’s letter to Morrel and Valentine; Chapter 3, The Catalans; Dantès answers Caderousse
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Read Dantès’s reply with Caderousse’s accusation and the nearby conspiracy, then the final letter with what Valentine learns. Keep the catalogue’s Maquet credit visible and avoid inventing a translator for this edition.
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Original agent-assisted editorial profile, checked 2026-10-05. No human review is recorded. Life dates are recorded to the year; they do not date individual quotations.