The Count of Monte Cristo

Wait and hope. The last words, and the entire thousand-page strategy in two verbs.

Edmond went to prison innocent and came out educated by a priest. Best cellmate in fiction.

The Château d'If escape in the body bag. Best use of a burial since Hamlet.

Revenge as catering: each enemy gets a dish made of their own crimes.

Héloïse de Villefort's poison cabinet, ambition with a greenhouse.

He spared Danglars' life to keep his money. The cruelest mercy in the book.

Haydée's testimony, patience with a witness trained by the target.

All human wisdom is contained in two words. Dumas wrote a thriller and slipped in scripture.

Maximilian's despair and the letter that outlived the avenger.

Carried out of it: the best revenge is a well-funded library and twenty years of patience.