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If you haven't read this masterpiece yet, I strongly recommend that you do. An adventure if there ever was one, and possibly the classic of revenge. The prison

If you haven't read this masterpiece yet, I strongly recommend that you do. An adventure if there ever was one, and possibly the classic of revenge. The prison bit is particularly memorable. Who cares if Dumas didn't write the whole thing.

earenndil 9y ago
> Who cares if Dumas didn't write the whole thing. This is the first I've heart of this, what happened there?
- charlysl 9y ago
  a leading academic has cast doubt on how much of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo he actually penned. A new film will also suggest they were largely written by an unsung assistant [1] Who wrote the novels of Alexandre Dumas? [2] [1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7198679/Alexandre-Dumas-novels-penned-by-fourth-musketeer-ghost-writer.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7198... [2] https://flcenterlitarts.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/who-wrote-the-novels-of-alexandre-dumas/ https://flcenterlitarts.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/who-wrote-t...
JorgeGT 9y ago
> The prison bit is particularly memorable. Ah! But have you named them yet?
- charlysl 9y ago
  Edmond: There are 72,519 stones in my walls. I've counted them many times. Abbe Faria: Ah! But have you named them yet? The classic of despair. But then he wouldn't have met the unforgettable Abbe, for me one of the most wonderful characters of all literature.
pmoriarty 9y ago
The Count of Monte Cristo is a truly magnificent accomplishment, but I found the prison part to be the weakest and slowest part of the book. It's also really cliche by now. The book only really takes off after the prison part is over.
- charlysl 9y ago
  It's when the mother of all revenges develops, for sure. Maybe it's become cliche because of its very brilliance, I don't know. Thing is I wasn't all that familiar with the plot before I read it, hadn't seen any of the cartoons or movies, so I was sort of "unpolluted", maybe that made me enjoy it more.
rapfaria 9y ago
"God is no more real than your treasure, priest." "Perhaps..."

earenndil 9y ago

> Who cares if Dumas didn't write the whole thing. This is the first I've heart of this, what happened there?

charlysl 9y ago
a leading academic has cast doubt on how much of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo he actually penned. A new film will also suggest they were largely written by an unsung assistant [1] Who wrote the novels of Alexandre Dumas? [2] [1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7198679/Alexandre-Dumas-novels-penned-by-fourth-musketeer-ghost-writer.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7198... [2] https://flcenterlitarts.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/who-wrote-the-novels-of-alexandre-dumas/ https://flcenterlitarts.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/who-wrote-t...

JorgeGT 9y ago

> The prison bit is particularly memorable. Ah! But have you named them yet?

charlysl 9y ago
Edmond: There are 72,519 stones in my walls. I've counted them many times. Abbe Faria: Ah! But have you named them yet? The classic of despair. But then he wouldn't have met the unforgettable Abbe, for me one of the most wonderful characters of all literature.

pmoriarty 9y ago

The Count of Monte Cristo is a truly magnificent accomplishment, but I found the prison part to be the weakest and slowest part of the book. It's also really cliche by now. The book only really takes off after the prison part is over.

charlysl 9y ago
It's when the mother of all revenges develops, for sure. Maybe it's become cliche because of its very brilliance, I don't know. Thing is I wasn't all that familiar with the plot before I read it, hadn't seen any of the cartoons or movies, so I was sort of "unpolluted", maybe that made me enjoy it more.

rapfaria 9y ago

"God is no more real than your treasure, priest." "Perhaps..."