The Count of Monte Cristo in Reading the Classics

Apr 21, 2010 Rae Moreno rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites-all-time, classics, literary-fiction, i-like-them-thick-and-juicy

Whoops, I didn't realize until way invested that this edition is abridged. It's startlingly hard to find an unabridged edition.

Well, next time I'll read the unabridged. I'm sure I get the point.

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Jun 03, 2012 Katie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: france, top-25-of-all-time

Oh, this was long? Last year, I read War and Peace, Vanity Fair, and Don Quixote. Quite honestly, I didn't notice.

Even when I felt the story winding down paths divergent from the central conflict, I didn't care. Truly, this deserves the title of one of the best crafted stories of all time. Captivating, thought provoking, well written, consistently entertaining; I can imagine being Dumas's contemporary and eagerly awaiting the next installment. I laughed, I cried, I read it every day for a couple ...more

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Jun 20, 2011 Thomas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, historical-fiction

Well I think this is another solid classic written by Alexandre Dumas. Like the Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo tells about lige in France during the early to mid 19th century. The two books are actual fairly similar but obviously this isn't that suprising since they were written by the same author. What was really interesting for me was I was reading another book (Lone Survivor) at the same time and it made references to the Count of Monte Cristo. Overall it was an exciting tale of ...more

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