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I just (fall 2019) re-read this classic, which I hadn't read in ~ 15 years but was one of my favorites then and I'm glad to say, it still is. The artfulness of Monte Cristo's revenge is so slowly unveiled, after having been prepared by so many years by him, that it truly is impressive to read.
Also fascinating that this novel originally appeared as a series of articles in the newspaper in France. I also greatly enjoyed this as have lately spent a bunch of time in Marseille and the south of Franc ...more
Also fascinating that this novel originally appeared as a series of articles in the newspaper in France. I also greatly enjoyed this as have lately spent a bunch of time in Marseille and the south of Franc ...more
At almost 1,500 pages and with dozens of characters to keep straight, not to mention the task of remembering who is related to whom and how, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is not a book to be tackled lightly. It is nonetheless as brilliant and satisfying as the only other book by Alexandre Dumas I've previously read, "The Three Musketeers." (That was a five-star book for me, and I don't give five stars easily.)
To be sure, "Monte Cristo" is a very different book from "The Three Musketeers" -- less l ...more
To be sure, "Monte Cristo" is a very different book from "The Three Musketeers" -- less l ...more
I think I was reading this when I graduated from college, and I just had so much going on that I never finished it. I'd like to finish it one day.
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