All 6 Uses of
Versailles
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "An old gentleman," continued the concierge, "a stanch follower of the Bourbons; he had an only daughter, who married M. de Villefort, who had been the king's attorney at Nimes, and afterwards at Versailles."†
Chpt 43-44
- Then he became alarmed, and dared not stay any longer at Nimes, so he solicited a change of residence, and, as he was in reality very influential, he was nominated to Versailles.†
Chpt 43-44
- As I had nothing more to do at Versailles, I went to Auteuil, and gained all the information I could.†
Chpt 43-44 *
- I concluded that he was going to Versailles, and I was not deceived.†
Chpt 43-44
- The carriages that drove up to the door were compelled to turn, to avoid a fountain that played in a basin of rockwork,—an ornament that had excited the jealousy of the whole quarter, and had gained for the place the appellation of "The Little Versailles."†
Chpt 49-50
- I was taken to Versailles; for three months I struggled with death; at last, as I seemed to cling to life, I was ordered to the South.†
Chpt 67-68
Definition:
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(Versailles) a wealthy suburb of Paris; or the palace built there by Louis XIV when Versailles was the capital city