Inside the story
Meet Abbé Faria
Abbé Faria is a learned Italian priest imprisoned in the Château d’If, where he is known as Number 27 and the mad abbé. When he comes into contact with Edmond Dantès, he becomes the young prisoner’s teacher and intellectual guide, sharing his knowledge and a secret concerning a vast hidden treasure.
On the page
An aged abbé with thin white hair and a long grey beard, emaciated and stooped from years of imprisonment, his tattered garments scarcely covering him, yet with keen, penetrating, intelligent eyes.
