“Fifty Feet” (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 16 – Part 2)

Dantès marvels at the ingenuity of his new companion, who casually unveils a handmade chisel crafted from the iron clamp of a bedframe. With it, the man has carved out a fifty-foot tunnel—alone, in secret, and with astonishing precision. But precision, he admits, is relative without tools, and a small miscalculation has left his plan for escape undone.

Still, the path wasn’t wasted—it led to Dantès. And now that they’re connected, the map might change.

🎙️ Topics Covered:

•Prisoner-made tools and acts of genius

•Geometry under duress

•The scale and solitude of a fifty-foot tunnel

•How failure led to discovery

•Paranoia and caution in surveillance culture

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