All 4 Uses of
Ganges
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- And there is something in this room which reminds me forcibly of the chamber of the Marquise de Ganges [*] or Desdemona.†
Chpt 63-64 *
- * Elisabeth de Rossan, Marquise de Ganges, was one of the famous women of the court of Louis XIV. where she was known as "La Belle Provencale."†
Chpt 63-64
- She was the widow of the Marquise de Castellane when she married de Ganges, and having the misfortune to excite the enmity of her new brothers-in-law, was forced by them to take poison; and they finished her off with pistol and dagger.†
Chpt 63-64
- "Can you imagine," said Monte Cristo, "some Othello or Abbe de Ganges, one stormy, dark night, descending these stairs step by step, carrying a load, which he wishes to hide from the sight of man, if not from God?"†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(Ganges) sacred Hindu river in the Indian subcontinent that originates in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal