The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
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Re: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
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This book is a must read for any avid reader's repertoire. You will not be able to put it down. I am trying my best to not include any spoilers because every detail is important to the plot and timeline of events. Make sure to read this novel carefully and remember all the names!
Happy reading!
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-- 07 Sep 2016, 20:30 --Tazpocket wrote:In many cases the movie dose not do the book justice, and the Count of Monte Cristo is one of them. Dumas can be slow, and I do admit to never being able to actually finish The Three Musketeers, but the Count sweeps me away every time. The book allows for a much better punishment for the villians, and a sweeter reward for our hero than the movies ever do. It is amazing how a few missing pieces change the plot. I much prefer Dumas' ending to Hollywood's.
An absolutely wonderful book that takes you back a time of adventure, real heroes and exciting tale! I always enjoy moving forward into the past
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Dumas knew how to make his readers emotionaly bond with his stories! He does that better in The Count of Monte Cristo than in the Three mosketeers I've only read these two so far).
To regard the movie, I haven't seen nor waant to... The book was so great I am afraid the movie may spoil it a bit.
-- 07 Sep 2016, 23:11 --
The Count of Monte Cristo was one of the longgest and fastest books I've ever read! I am not a serial reader at all, I like to take time and enjoy the book rather than pile them one after another. The first 100 pages are just painful, it was a mixture of wanting to read more to see when and how it would shift and wanting to stop reading because there was plenty of tragedy already!
Dumas knew how to make his readers emotionaly bond with his stories! He does that better in The Count of Monte Cristo than in the Three mosketeers I've only read these two so far).
To regard the movie, I haven't seen nor waant to... The book was so great I am afraid the movie may spoil it a bit.
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I remembering first reading it and wondering if I could go to prison instead of school - it seemed more useful.
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hahaha! it's5 in the morning and i couldn't hold myself from laughing out loud!Tolive-notexist wrote:My paperback CoMC is 'well-loved'. The other day I realized my three favorite books have some things in common - Count of Monte Christo, Ben Hur, and Les Miserables - I'm not a vengeful person - promise ?
I remembering first reading it and wondering if I could go to prison instead of school - it seemed more useful.
and just for the sake of the debate, schools have more in common with prisons than whit creative environments.
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However, when I read it, I bought the abridged Barnes and Nobles version, so you can imagine how upset I was when I ran through all 600 pages and realized that out there there was an edition that had 200-300 extra pages of adventures!!!
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is this truly the best one of all time? Or does anybody disagree?
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Thankfully my brother made the abridged error before I attempted reading this, so he gave me the complete edition for Christmas. It certainly does make a great gift!
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