The Count of Monte Cristo in Classics Without All the Class

Dec 09, 2012 Avisek Bandyopadhyay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, drama, awesome-reads, literary-genius, revenge

God knows that I relish revenge tales. Probably the idea that every wrong can be avenged, every wrong-doer can be brought to justice, not by praying helplessly to God, but by intricate plotting and adept execution - that's an idea that placates my heart. For long do I also dream of pulling a coup, avenging who I think have wronged me, but then I have never proceeded beyond whispering my intentions to the Universe and fervently hoping Karma will be my knight in shining armour. Such is the beauty ...more

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May 31, 2011 Andrea rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-read-in-spanish

Incredible piece of art by Alexandre Dumas. I can't write a review good enough for this book. It was too great. I loved the characters, the plot, the vengeance, the sorrow, the assassination, the poisoning, and everything! Every moment I read was like watching one grande spectacle and I couldn't do anything to stop it or change it. I am pretty sure I'd read it again in a few days, for I was so captivated by it, that I don't know why I hadn't read it before. Excellent book, and as I said before, ...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Jeff Curtis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: shelve-c-5

This deluxe edition of The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas deserves the honor of such successes today as, War and Peace, Les Miserable, and Madame Bovary. Consisting of four volumes and 1,193 pages and 35 different characters.

Dumas tells us the story about trust, betrayal, honesty, and deceit, imprisonment and escape. This whole masterpiece becomes about revenge.

But by the end of this novel we learn its about a whole lot more. And all we have to do is wait and hope.

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