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Count of Monte Cristo Chap. 94 thru 102
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Oh for crying out loud! The woman is dying and the two men are exchanging pleasantries! And how are you today, my fine sir... get on with it!
You write 1000+ pages, chances are some of 'em will be filler!
I know, I know... but the gendarmes showing up at the engagement ceremony was brilliantly done. I can't wait to see the DVD... I'm going to toodle down to the Centre Culturel Francais and order me a copy!
Which dvd are you buying?
I noted somewhere else, that I feel that much of this book was written as if it were meant to be performed on stage. I could see so much of this as it would appear if I were watching a play.
I noted somewhere else, that I feel that much of this book was written as if it were meant to be performed on stage. I could see so much of this as it would appear if I were watching a play.
I'm going to get the Depardieu version... how could I resist? And I agree, the story telling is wonderful and lends itself to the stage, or the silver screen.
Let me know what you think. So many people recommended the latest adaptation, but then I heard how warped it was at the end. Edmond fighting duels with swords, surprise love-child. :P
That one looks pretty good too, actually. But I adore Gerard.
Erm, I can't say I'd recommend any film adaptation I've seen (including the Depardieu) as being what I'd call very accurate to the novel. They all take liberties, some more so than others.
Jeannette wrote: "Which dvd are you buying?I noted somewhere else, that I feel that much of this book was written as if it were meant to be performed on stage. I could see so much of this as it would appear if I ..."
Dumas started his literary career as a successful playwright.
Hayes wrote: "I'm going to get the Depardieu version... how could I resist? And I agree, the story telling is wonderful and lends itself to the stage, or the silver screen."I was keen to see the Depardieu version, but I read a few reviews on Amazon.fr which suggested that it was a bit of an abomination and that a portly Edmond making good his escape from the Chateau d'If was a a bit of too much of a stretch.
So I may wait for your verdict, Hayes!
I hadn't thought about that, Kim! I don't think M. Depardieu has ever looked very close to "starved", has he?
Certainly not... Interesting for the presence of two of his children, however. A daughter, and a son (the one who died a few years ago) who plays the young Edmond, so maybe it is he who is thrown over the cliff.
I'll go see which is available and how much it will set me back.
I'll go see which is available and how much it will set me back.
hahaha! That might work! Still, in the book, the Count rarely eats....
Only a month behind everyone else ... I've arrived at Chapter 101! *throws small party* And the same thing bothered me as did you, Hayes - Hello? Could we get Valentine a little help, here, please? What also puzzles me a little bit further on is ... Why on earth is the Baroness so determined to see "Andrea" cleared and/or freed? I understand the worse a criminal he is the more shame is heaped on Eugenie and therefore the family, but - for one thing, all of fashionable Paris was there and either saw what happened firsthand or heard about when the gossip started immediately after. So how did she think it could be avoided? This is, of course, apart from the facts that the man is a murderer, and also that he was pulling the wool over the whole family's eyes...
Do we know who Andrea's real parents are at this point? Or, rather, do his parents know?
I don't think so...
Then, I won't comment, because I don't want to spoil things. It's hard to remember why the Baroness didn't just let Andrea be taken away, and go somewhere with her daughter until it all died down.
Wasn't that daughter something, especially for the time?
Chapter 102 ends as Maximilien rushes into Valentine's room.