Monte Cristo Island
The deserted treasure island, now concealing Dantès's secret subterranean palace of Arabian-Nights splendor.
Story so far
Monte Cristo is the small, conical, deserted rock island between Corsica and Elba where Cardinal Spada's fortune lay hidden and which gave Edmond Dantès his freedom and his name. Belonging nominally to Tuscany and serving as an occasional refuge for smugglers and Corsican bandits, it appears wholly barren by day. But beneath its rocks Dantès, as 'Sinbad the Sailor', has fashioned a hidden palace of oriental luxury—crimson brocade, jewelled swords, marble halls, statues bearing fruit—reached through a grotto whose door, sailors say, opens not by key but by a magic word.
Here he receives the blindfolded Franz d'Épinay, the island's fable-like reputation for concealed treasure proven true.
Appearance
A barren conical rock rising from the indigo sea, honeycombed with caves and grottoes; within, a concealed suite of brocaded, marble-lined chambers of dazzling wealth.
Role
The avenger's secret island stronghold and the source of his assumed name.
Relationships
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
- A small deserted rock island between Corsica and Elba, hiding Cardinal Spada's treasure in its caves.
- The deserted treasure island, now concealing Dantès's secret subterranean palace of Arabian-Nights splendor.