The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas: Vengeance is a Dish Best Served Cold (2283 words)
by fromage - written on 31.10.01 (Very useful, 1084 readings)
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Numbered rightly among the timeless classics of which almost everyone has heard, ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is revered as an adventure yarn par excellence. While others of his works may perhaps be even more famous, ‘The Three Musketeers’ in particular having benefited from numerous film interpretations, this is the work for which Dumas deserves to be remembered. It is a huge book, crammed with plots and sub-plots, replete with classical references, and strung together by the fantastic coincidence, unbelievable derring-do, and highly romantic styling that typified French literature at the time. ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’, as ...

The greatest book. Ever. (982 words)
by buster19761976 - written on 21.02.05 (Very useful, 499 readings)
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=====Before you start, this looks long===== =============================== Yes reader, this is quite a long review for a long book. That said, I won’t be giving away very much plot, or even details of what the players in this story actually do. I hate it when I read an op and it spoils loads of “good bits”. Herein lies a description designed only to capture the atmosphere, ethos and remarkable distinguishing attributes of The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. =====Dumas eh? Sounds foreign===== =========================== The Count of Monte Cristo (not Christo, as is written in the subject title) was written between 1844 and 1845, ...

The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas: Revenge is sweet. (329 words)
by Dantes - written on 19.08.00 (Very useful, 330 readings)
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This story is an old legend of Parisian police archives that Dumas took and shaped into this stunning novel. Without spoiling the story, I must tell you a bit about the plot. We see our hero, Edmund Dantes, at the start of a promising young career. He is second in command of his merchant ship and will soon captain his own, he takes care of his elderly father and is engaged to be married to his childhood sweetheart. At the start of the novel we see him returning to the port of Marseilles after a long but successful voyage. He has planned to marry his sweetheart and preparations are made for the wedding. Unfortunately his happiness is not destined to be, because a ...