Escape from the Chateau d'If

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Dantes's substitution of himself for Faria's corpse and his plunge into the sea is one of literature's most famous escape scenes.
Chapter 20-21

Dantes sews himself into Faria's burial sack and is hurled into the sea — symbolic death and rebirth as the future Count.

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