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Robert Le Diable is the name of a play to which Paris society has flocked- and here the author uses this gathering of highbrows to describe how these nabobs acted in their day. This chapter, a portrait of society gathering at a theatrical performance, is short on exposition of plot and long on dialogue. All the members of Parisian society so far described in the novel are present: Baroness Danglars, who is revealed to be having an affair with Lucien Debray; Hermine and the Baron’s daughter, Eugenie, whom Albert has been considering marrying; Morcerf and the Countess G, who has returned to Paris from Italy; and, eventually, the Count of Monte Cristo and Haydee, who make a grand appearance much to the chattering of others in the house.. When the Count leaves their private box to socialize she sees him with a man for whom she carries a deep hatred-
Check out the beginning of our narration of Anne of the Island now at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age now playing every Sun and Wed noon ET and narrated by Gizelle Ericksen for 1001. This is the third in the classic 'Anne " series and a GREAT story.. Apple link here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-gilded-age/id1485751552
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Robert Le Diable is the name of a play to which Paris society has flocked- and here the author uses this gathering of highbrows to describe how these nabobs acted in their day. This chapter, a portrait of society gathering at a theatrical performance, is short on exposition of plot and long on dialogue. All the members of Parisian society so far described in the novel are present: Baroness Danglars, who is revealed to be having an affair with Lucien Debray; Hermine and the Baron’s daughter, Eugenie, whom Albert has been considering marrying; Morcerf and the Countess G, who has returned to Paris from Italy; and, eventually, the Count of Monte Cristo and Haydee, who make a grand appearance much to the chattering of others in the house.. When the Count leaves their private box to socialize she sees him with a man for whom she carries a deep hatred-
Check out the beginning of our narration of Anne of the Island now at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age now playing every Sun and Wed noon ET and narrated by Gizelle Ericksen for 1001. This is the third in the classic 'Anne " series and a GREAT story.. Apple link here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-gilded-age/id1485751552
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