All 13 Uses of
irony
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Spada turned pale, as Caesar looked at him with an ironical air, which proved that he had anticipated all, and that the snare was well spread.†
Chpt 17-18
- "Has she made a fortune also?" inquired the abbe, with an ironical smile.†
Chpt 27-28
- "And what would you do, my dear diplomatist," replied Morcerf, with a slight degree of irony in his voice, "if you did nothing?†
Chpt 39-40
- There is but one service I can render you, and for that I place myself entirely at your orders, that is, to present, or make my friends present, you everywhere; besides, you have no need of any one to introduce you—with your name, and your fortune, and your talent" (Monte Cristo bowed with a somewhat ironical smile) "you can present yourself everywhere, and be well received.†
Chpt 39-40
- It would have required the penetration of Oedipus or the Sphinx to have divined the irony the count concealed beneath these words, apparently uttered with the greatest politeness.†
Chpt 41-42
- Danglars felt the irony and compressed his lips.†
Chpt 45-46
- Madame de Villefort listened with avidity to these appalling maxims and horrible paradoxes, delivered by the count with that ironical simplicity which was peculiar to him.†
Chpt 51-52
- "I am not begging, my fine fellow," said the unknown to the servant, with so ironical an expression of the eye, and so frightful a smile, that he withdrew; "I only wish to say two or three words to your master, who gave me a commission to execute about a fortnight ago."†
Chpt 63-64
- This calmness of Busoni, combined with his irony and boldness, staggered Caderousse.†
Chpt 81-82
- An ironical smile passed over Albert's lips.†
Chpt 87-88
- "Fernand, do you mean?" replied Monte Cristo, with bitter irony; "since we are recalling names, let us remember them all."
Chpt 89-90 *irony = when what happens is very different than what might be expected
- An ironical smile curled the lip of Eugenie.†
Chpt 97-98
- The corpse of Madame de Villefort was stretched across the doorway leading to the room in which Edward must be; those glaring eyes seemed to watch over the threshold, and the lips bore the stamp of a terrible and mysterious irony.†
Chpt 111-112