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The Count of Monte Cristo is also featured on today's Google Doodle. Does anyone know why? It is not Alexandre Dumas' birthday. Coincidentally, I am in the midd
by julienchastang 6y ago
The Count of Monte Cristo is also featured on today's Google Doodle. Does anyone know why? It is not Alexandre Dumas' birthday. Coincidentally, I am in the middle of this novel. It is pretty long :-)
- pmh 6y agoIt's the anniversary of the publication of (the first volume of) The Count of Monte Cristo
- pipnonsense 6y agoToday is the anniversary of the publication of the first installment of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in the newspaper "Journal des Débats"(in 1884). I had the site ready for launch today and already including "The Count of Monte Cristo", but I pushed the book to be the first one on the list and mention it in the title precisely because of the Google Doodle.
- taejavu 6y agoYou’ve quoted google’s write up, but surely they made a mistake - the year should be “1844”, no? https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-alexandre-dumas https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-alexandre-dumas
- pipnonsense 6y agoYou are right! I did a better research while creating the site, so it is correct there. To answer this question I just went to check Google's explanation and copied their mistake. Yes, 1844 is the correct year. (I can't edit my reply above anymore)
- vmilner 6y agoIf you can find the Robin Buss translation (Penguin books in the UK) it's definitely superior to the public domain one.
- julienchastang 6y agoI am reading the French language public domain version which has its own problems; words running together and occasional spelling mistakes. I often come across these problems with public domain books (in French, at least).