| Gerad de Villefort | |
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 From Four Color #794 | |
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Real Name |
Gerad de Villefort |
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First Appearance |
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) |
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Created by |
Alexandre Dumas |
Origin[]
Gérard de Villefort, the deputy prosecutor who imprisons Dantès, acts to protect his own career because the letter Dantès carried would expose Villefort’s Bonapartist father, Noirtier. Ambitious and self-serving, Villefort’s hypocrisy leads to the destruction of his family: his wife poisons their relatives for inheritance, and his illegitimate son returns to expose him publicly. Faced with the deaths of his wife and children and Dantès’s revelation of his identity, Villefort descends into madness.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances of Gérard de Villefort from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Jumbo Comics #2-3, 12, 16-17
- Four Color #794
Public Domain Film Appearances[]
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1912)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1918)
- Monte Cristo (1922)
- Monte Cristo (1929)