Traditions I have learned from the book.

The book has shown me many traditions in Franc and how they were carried out in that period. One thing that caught my attention was that if you were challenged by someone, you could only deny the duel if that person had a lower economic position. Also the person that was challenged was supposed to choose the weapon used in the duel, which could be a sword or a gun. I have also learned other traditions. In wealthy families, the marriages were arranged according to the needs of the family, Sometimes the marriage arrangement was because of economic interest, sometime for political interest and some other were made to erase some hostile feelings between two families.  All this costumes are quite different from what we are used to do in the twenty century and the costumes will probably be changing even faster than before.

About M. Nortier

M. Nortier is the father of M. Villefort and he supported the Napoleonic strike against the king´s government. He is a character which I admire in this novel because he became paralytic in an accident and even when the only thing he can do with his body is move the eyes, he can clearly transmit his desires and his thought to the people that he knows and love.  He is given a treatment to restore his movement; however it is a poisonous substance that if drunk in a big quantity by someone who is not costumed to it will die very fast. His servant was the most loyal men he had in his life and the servant also loved Nortioer´s granddaughter. One day in which the servant had helped Morrel to enter Villefort´s house, the servant was out of breath and so the granddaughter told him to drink a lemonade which was at a table. The lemonade was poisonous and so he died and Nortier showed maximum respect and love for this person. At the end of the story, Nortier helps her granddaughter and M. Morrel to get married.  

The Count´s new life

Some time has passed since the last part of the story I told. In this new part the count is already a known and important character in the society. He has shown his richness to everybody, and has bought a house in the Avenue des Champs-Élysées that once belonged to M de Villefort. Thanks to one of his servants Edmond knew that Villefort had committed a crime a long time ago in that house. With this advantage he starts his  revenge against this character. While all this happens, a new character has appeared, he is M. Morrel (the old Edmod´s boss) son, who also carried his name. This character is not wealth as his father used to be, however he is not poor. This new character has fall in love with Villeforts daughter but she is already engaged to Frans de Spinay (the one that became friend of the Count in Italy). Morrel ask for help to the count and Edmond does not deny it. Returning to Villeforts crime, is has been made long time ago when madam Dangalrs was not married yet. They used to be lovers and a baby was born due to his acts, however the baby was sick and not shore if alive or not, Villefort was about to bury him when suddenly he was stabbed in the back and lost conscience. The baby disappeared. The secret remained safe between them until know that Edmon´s knows it. 

So far, this is one of the best writing design I have ever read, the way in which the character are connected between each other is very complex, but terrific.