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This is 1200 pages long and took me nearly four months to read but it was definitely worth the time. The characters are memorable, the language is brilliant, and the details of 19th-century European history are fascinating.
I think fiction that inspires me to do some research is most awesomely awesome.
Most importantly, though, we have a damn good story here. As an English teacher, I am compelled to come up with a theme, and I'd have to say it is that what goes around, comes around. If you ruin an ...more
I think fiction that inspires me to do some research is most awesomely awesome.
Most importantly, though, we have a damn good story here. As an English teacher, I am compelled to come up with a theme, and I'd have to say it is that what goes around, comes around. If you ruin an ...more
At the age of nineteen, seaman Edmond Dantès has a charmed life - about to be promoted to Captain, and engaged to the beautiful Mercédès. But Marseilles in 1815 is a dangerous place, and three of Dantes' acquaintances set in train a chain of events that will lead Edmond to fourteen years of solitary confinement in the notorious Chateau D'If.
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-was going to rate this four stars, but I loved the ending
-Morrel and Valentine are in my top 5 literary couples!
-such a large part of the book was squeezed into the first hundred or so pages, that surprised me
-one of the greatest plots ever, surely
-Morrel and Valentine are in my top 5 literary couples!
-such a large part of the book was squeezed into the first hundred or so pages, that surprised me
-one of the greatest plots ever, surely
I loved this book. My only regret was that I read the abriged version and wished I had the unabriged volume. Someday I will go back a reread the original. For now onto other books that are waiting for me.
I LOVED! LOVED! LOVED! this book. Who knew a 1,300 page book could be a page turner. It was so interesting and captivating that I could leave it for a couple of weeks at a time and pick up right where I left off without forgetting anything or any characters. I think it took me almost a year to get through it, stopping and starting. The characters are vidid, the story line surprising and interesting, the political and moral messages are clear and timeless (if at times a tad simplistic). I told so
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Stephanie
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