The Count of Monte Cristo Chapters 38-43: Dantes in Full Control

This week’s reading, as with a couple of the previous weeks, felt a bit slow to me. There was a bit of interest in Mercedes being introduced to the Count and in Bertuccio’s wild, murderous story — but I had some moments of thinking, “Let’s get on with it!” 

A big theme that’s emerged in the last couple of weeks is that of hidden knowledge, which is a rev…