AS RESIDENCE?
MONTE CHISM'S POISON
PARIS! December 28
The Chateau d’ff, the famous prison on the small island in the open sea oft Marseilles Harbour, which was built in the reign of Francois L, and is familiar to every reader of the ‘ Count of Monte Cristo,’ is to be let by the State for 75.000 francs a rear. The prison and dungeon from winch Monte Cristo. posing as a fellow' prisoner’s corpse, was thrown into the sea in a canvas bag. mav thus be transformed into a private residence. Actually, the Chateau d’lf is a less dreary spot than Dumas’s novel suggests. Part of the island is covered by rich vegetation, and it 3)39 has a marvellous panorama of Marseilles Harbour *nd of the Provence coastline.
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Evening Star, Issue 21934, 22 January 1935, Page 10
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126AS RESIDENCE? Evening Star, Issue 21934, 22 January 1935, Page 10
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