The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library Classics)
by Alexandre Dumas
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Author: Alexandre DumasIntroduction: Lorenzo Carcaterra
Edition: Paperback
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-06-11
ISBN: 037576030X
Number of pages: 1488
Publisher: Modern Library
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Book Review: Revenge is a dish best served cold...
Summary: 5 Stars
It all begins at Marseilles on February 24, 1815. Nineteen-year-old Edmond Dant?s is a promising sailor. So promising, in fact, that he is about to be promoted to captain. He has saved up a fair amount of money and is about to make more with this promotion, enough to marry Mercedes, the love of his life. Young, vibrant, trusting and full of life, Dant?s couldn't be happier. And that is what causes his ultimate downfall. Envy, contempt and cowardice drive three men to wrongly accuse Dant?s of being a Bonapartist. For many years, Dant?s' only companions are a dungeon and a priest (fellow inmate). Dant?s has sworn revenge. The old priest and a small island called Monte Cristo will be the tools that help Dant?s become the Count of Monte Cristo, an avenging angel with a one-track mind. There are many twists throughout the novel.
I read this book for the first time when I was sixteen. It had been a class assignment, and so I read it in automaton, not caring either way about the story. All I cared about was getting a decent grade on the quiz. Sixteen years later, I read it for the second time and... well, to say that I couldn't put this book down would be an understatement. The Count of Monte Cristo is a riveting tale full of history, suspense, romance and adventure. The backdrop of the Napoleonic era makes this book all the more palatable. Alexandre Dumas knew Napoleon and all of the political intrigue that went on during that era quite well. Even though I loved this book, there are some areas that threw me. Characters and storylines are thrown in without so much as an explanation at first. At times these occurrences felt like riddles or missing pieces to a puzzle I couldn't wait to complete. It all makes sense as the story progresses, of course, but it was nevertheless frustrating on some occasions. I don't know if the fault lies in Dumas' writing or in Lowell Bair's translation, or if the story had been intended to be narrated that way. In either case, it wasn't enough to keep me from enjoying the story. If you're new to Dumas, then this is the book to seek. It's one of the most popular classics for a good reason, after all!
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