Treasure Hunts

Chapter 18

Isn’t it odd how prison and treasure relate to one another in literature? It seems strange to me, even if it's romantic. I am discovering that it may not be such a novel marriage after all. In Alexandre Dumas’s masterpiece, “The Count of Monte Cristo,” the hero, Edmond Dantes, is befriended by L’Abbe’ Faria while imprisoned at the Chateau D’If. The Abbe…