Mademoiselle de Villefort
Chapter 51 - Pyramus and Thisbe
Valentine — aliases: Mademoiselle de Villefort
Valentine sneaks into a hidden vegetable garden to meet Maximilien, where she confesses her misery and fear of her stepmother Heloise while expressing her love for him. She listens to Maximilien's plans and complaints about her engagement to Franz, before being summoned by a servant to leave the garden and greet the Count of Monte Cristo.
Chapter 52 - Toxicology
Valentine — aliases: Mademoiselle de Villefort, the young lady, her daughter
Valentine appears in the drawing room after being sent for by her stepmother. She is described as sad and melancholic, greeting the Count with grace. The Count recognizes her from a previous encounter in Perugia, and she is subsequently dismissed to check on her grandfather's dinner preparations.
Chapter 57 - The Alfalfa Field
Valentine
Valentine meets Maximilien in the garden after delaying their rendezvous to walk with Eugénie Danglars. She complains of her restricted existence and her stepmother's obsession with securing fortune for her son Edouard, expressing skepticism toward Maximilien's instinctive belief that the Count acts as a mysterious protector because he appears to ignore her despite his influence in the house. She is ultimately interrupted by a message from Madame de Villefort and flees, allowing Maximilien to kiss her hand through the fence.
Chapter 58 - Monsieur Noirtier de Villefort
Valentine
Valentine enters her grandfather's room to find him distressed and uses a dictionary to communicate his thoughts, learning that he dislikes the proposed marriage to Franz. She interprets his final request for a notary as a legal action and runs to summon one, smiling at the old man with affectionate relief.
Chapter 59 - The Will
Valentine — aliases: Mademoiselle de Villefort, her granddaughter
Valentine acts as the interpreter for her grandfather, establishing a system of eye-blinking to prove his mental competence. She steps between the notary and the door to prevent departure, negotiates the terms of the will, and expresses sorrow and gratitude regarding Noirtier's disinheritance based on her marital status.
Chapter 71 - Bread and Salt
Valentine / Mademoiselle Valentine — aliases: her daughter
Valentine falls in a dead faint upon hearing from her father that her maternal grandfather, M. de Saint-Méran, has died. She is subsequently carried away by M. and Mme de Villefort.
Chapter 72 - Madame de Saint-Méran
Valentine — aliases: Mademoiselle de Villefort
Valentine is summoned from the ball to find her grandmother dying and her grandfather dead. She attends to her grandmother's delirious demands, hides her true feelings for Maximilien due to her grandmother's prejudice, and later seeks out Dr. d'Avrigny to help with her grandmother's condition, growing increasingly ill with distress and fever.
Chapter 73 - The Promise
Valentine — aliases: Mademoiselle de Villefort
Valentine appears at the garden fence to break the news of her grandmother's death and her forced engagement to Franz d'Epinay. She agrees to flee with Maximilien, is found weeping by his side over the body, and then introduces Maximilien to her grandfather Noirtier, declaring her love and asking for his protection against her father's will.
Chapter 74 - The Villefort Family Vault
Valentine / Mademoiselle de Villefort
Valentine is struck by the news of the marriage contract, appearing pale and desperate. She goes to find her grandfather, looking to heaven with gratitude, while her stepmother watches from the shadows.
Chapter 75 - The Judicial Enquiry
Valentine / Valentine de Villefort — aliases: Mademoiselle
Valentine retrieves a bundle of papers for her grandfather by following his instructions to open drawers and open the dictionary, though he selects the key word himself. She witnesses Franz d’Epinay reading the account of his father’s death and remains silent and motionless as Noirtier reveals his identity as the murderer, her face pale with tension.
Chapter 93 - Valentine
Valentine — aliases: Mademoiselle de Villefort
Valentine meets with Maximilien and Noirtier, discussing the family's potential move and her worsening health symptoms, including a bitter taste in her mouth and faintness. She briefly receives Baroness Danglars and Eugénie to hear about their engagement news, then returns to Noirtier where she collapses on the staircase, appearing dead to those who find her.
Chapter 96 - The Marriage Contract
Valentine
Valentine de Villefort is mentioned as being unwell and does not attend the contract signing. She is referenced only to explain Mme de Villefort's solitary presence at the event.
Chapter 117 - October the Fifth
Mademoiselle de Villefort / Valentine de Villefort — aliases: Valentine, sister, the young woman
Valentine appears in the grotto, revealing she had previously faked her death. She is reunited with Morrel and accepts the Count's gift of her inheritance, preparing to follow him to Leghorn under Jacopo's care.