The madman in the cell offers six million francs—and no one listens.
Abbé Faria makes his offer: wealth beyond comprehension, in exchange for a chance at freedom. But he’s already been labeled mad, and in this system, that label is stronger than reason. In this chapter, Dumas introduces the secret that will reshape the entire novel: a hidden treasure, real or imagined, buried far from the dungeon. The officials laugh. But the readers lean in. Something has changed.
Topics Covered:
•Faria’s treasure: delusion or leverage?
•The power of belief in a system that doesn’t
•Bureaucracy’s blindness to opportunity
•Foreshadowing Dantès’ future
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