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Loooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg book!!! I now understand why some of the classics have been abridged. Authors in the 1800's were rather long-winded and tended to have A LOT of characters in their books (can I say Anna Karenina?!?). Anyway, the first 200 pages or so were fascinating with Dantes being accused of treason, imprisoned, his prison break, and then finding the treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. The next 600 pages were a little ho-hum and I skimmed a lot. However the l
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I remember LOVING this book when I was 13. And then I read it again last fall and discovered I had never read the full fledged version. The second time around it was just as exciting and filled with suspense, but about 600 pages too long. It's definitely the best vengeance tale around and still one of my favorites, but I'll stick to the abridged version in the future.
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One of the classics of literature that you have to read. Alexander Dumas was a writer, who knew what readers want. In
The Count of Monte Cristo
there is love, betrayal, adventure, mystery, tragedy. Despite the length and historical facts not always fitting the time the book is set in it has charm that glues to book and force you to read it further.
Such a fun story, except for the misogyny that makes me want to puke. I tried ignoring it, but I can't take it any more. Dante's arab servant woman's speech put me over the edge. Dirty french...
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Jan 12, 2008
Iulia
marked it as 1001-owned-and-to-read
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Terri
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Patricia
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