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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 031: Italy: Sinbad the Sailor

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Towards the beginning of the year 1838, two young men belonging to the first society of Paris, the Viscount Albert de Morcerf and the Baron Franz d’Épinay, were at Florence.

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Towards the beginning of the year 1838, two young men belonging to the
first society of Paris, the Viscount Albert de Morcerf and the Baron
Franz d’Épinay, were at Florence.
They had agreed to see the Carnival
at Rome that year, and that Franz, who for the last three or four years
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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 031: Italy: Sinbad the Sailor

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Reading 1/186 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Towards the beginning of the year 1838, two young men belonging to the
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first society of Paris, the Viscount Albert de Morcerf and the Baron
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Franz d’Épinay, were at Florence.
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They had agreed to see the Carnival
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at Rome that year, and that Franz, who for the last three or four years
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1838

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agreed

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Albert

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and

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at

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Baron

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beginning

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belonging

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Carnival

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d'Épinay

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de

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first

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Florence

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for

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four

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Franz

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had

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last

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men

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Morcerf

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of

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or

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Paris

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Rome

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see

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society

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that

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the

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They

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three

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to

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Towards

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two

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Viscount

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were

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who

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year

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years

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young

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Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 031: Italy: Sinbad the Sailor?

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Shadowing Practice

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