The Count of Monte Cristo · Character
Mercedes Herrera
Also known as Мерседес, прекрасная Мерседес, Mercedes de Morcerf
- Major
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 2
A strikingly beautiful young Catalan woman with jet-black hair, dark swarthy complexion, and expressive black eyes that gleam like a gazelle's. Her graceful slender figure moves with free, proud steps reminiscent of Andalusian women. Coral lips and a fiery gaze from beneath lowered lids complete her vivid, Mediterranean beauty, often dressed in the colorful attire of a Catalan fisherwoman with a red-and-black bodice and gold pins in her hair.
- Gender
- female
- Age
- 17
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 2
- Books
- 1
Description
A beautiful seventeen-year-old girl with jet-black hair, black, velvet-like eyes, delicate finely shaped fingers, and a slender, graceful figure with elegant calves and a high-arched foot. Her hands are tanned. She wears traditional Catalan dress and red stockings.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Albert de Morcerfmother
Albert's mother Mercedes de Morcerf is devastated by the revelations about her husband's past, and Albert considers her suffering
Edmond Dantèsformer lovers
Edmond Dantès and Mercedes were engaged before his imprisonment; he later becomes the Count of Monte Cristo who observes her reduced circumstances
Fernand Mondegohusband
Fernand is married to Mercedes; their son Albert's engagement to Eugénie Danglars was arranged before the scandal
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Comte de Morcerfconflicting source relationships
Fernand and Mercedes are married, though their relationship is strained by his dishonor
Story so far
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Key events
- Book 1
Ch. 5Dantès' ArrestOn his wedding day, Edmond Dantès is arrested at the Réserve tavern on charges of being a Bonapartist agent, based on a false denunciation letter written by Danglars and delivered by Fernand. - Book 1
Ch. 86Haydée's TestimonyHaydée testifies before the Chamber of Peers that Count de Morcerf (Fernand Mondego) betrayed her father Ali Pasha, selling her and her mother into slavery for gold. - Book 1
Ch. 88Albert's ChallengeAlbert de Morcerf publicly insults and challenges Monte Cristo to a duel at the Opera after learning of his role in exposing his father's betrayal of Ali Pasha. - Book 1
Ch. 92Fernand's SuicideAfter Monte Cristo reveals his true identity as Edmond Dantès, Fernand Mondego (Count de Morcerf) shoots himself, unable to face the destruction of his reputation and family.
Gallery
Book 1: The Count of Monte Cristo
Appearances
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