All 4 Uses of

succession
in
The Count of Monte Cristo

The young man knew quite well that, after the succession of misfortunes which had befallen his father, great changes had taken place in the style of living and housekeeping; but he did not know that matters had reached such a point.
Chpt 29-30 *

succession = series (one after another)

It was noon, and Monte Cristo had set apart one hour to be passed in the apartments of Haidee, as though his oppressed spirit could not all at once admit the feeling of pure and unmixed joy, but required a gradual succession of calm and gentle emotions to prepare his mind to receive full and perfect happiness, in the same manner as ordinary natures demand to be inured by degrees to the reception of strong or violent sensations.
Chpt 49-50

succession = sequence (one after another)

Ten minutes had elapsed since the nurse had left; Valentine, who for the last hour had been suffering from the fever which returned nightly, incapable of controlling her ideas, was forced to yield to the excitement which exhausted itself in producing and reproducing a succession and recurrence of the same fancies and images.
Chpt 99-100

succession = recurrence or repetition

For a while nothing was heard in the room but a succession of sobs, while the incense from their grateful hearts mounted to heaven.
Chpt 105-106

succession = series (one after another)

Definitions:

(1) (succession as in: a succession of events)
series or sequence (one after another)
(2) (succession as in: presidential line of succession)
replacement -- especially someone to taking a job or position after another leaves it