Le Comte de Monte Christo

by Diethard Lübke (editor), Alexandre Dumas

Textes Abreges En Francais Facile

72 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Realini Ionescu · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Count of Monte Christo aka Der Graf von Monte Christo von Alexandre Dumas Gebundene Ausgabe by Alexandre Dumas – you will be surprised (maybe) to find that this is included high up among The Greatest Books of All Time, at least according to this new algorithm, where it is 90th, but then The Three Musketeers is also ranked 154th, which is unexpected for this reader, who liked them when he was a teenager, but they would not be in the top 1,000 now, however, you do find my opinion on thousands of books and films, if you check my blogs, one of which is https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20...



8 out of 10

I still do not see how The Count of Monte Cristo – they have him as Cristo in some places and Christo in others, I wonder what he says about this, up, or out there, in the fictional world – could climb to the 90th position https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... among the great

- Yes, the count was popular in our realm
But that does not mean it is on a level with Kingsley Amis https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... whose Lucky Jim is only 306th

- You will retort that de gustibus non est disputandum

Indeed, but this prominent GOAT site is supposed to be, if not the nec plus ultra, at least using so much data, compiling all (?) there is on the world wide web so that we have accurate statistics and results, although:

- You have lies, blatant lies and statistics

Besides, there is that joke with the statistician who drowned in the pool, because they told him the average depth was just 150 centimeters…
Monte Christo does show perseverance, which is a character strength, according to the co-founder of Positive Psychology, Martin Seligman https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20...

The Count is imprisoned by his foe, a blatant, cruel injustice and I was looking forward to watch the newer adaptation, especially (or was it only) since Laurent Lafitte is in it, one of my favorite thespians, watch Papa ou Maman!
Alas, he does not have the leading role

Ergo, I will act as god, inspired by According to Mark https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... by glorious Penelope Lively
‘The novelist has an infinity of choices, He chooses what is to happen, to happens, and in what way he will relate what happens, the picture he constructs is complete on its own terms…when he says this is the story and the whole story we must accept it…perhaps novelists are the only people telling the truth’ concluding hence that the writer is god, only I stretch this and say that the reader is a demi god, deity of sorts

He, she, they have the absolute power to reject, or accept this world, created by Alexandre Dumas, or others, immerse in it, or say, like I did with the recent encounter – or just cameo appearance – with the Count of Monte Christo, quoting Groucho Marx exiting a party ‘thank you, I had a wonderful time, only not this time’

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There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

[Jack Zendo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Une excellente histoire, quelque soit la façon dont elle est déclinée ou adaptée. À mettre entre toutes les mains.

[Yuri]

decent book

[Balkees · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading it .