and extremely entertaining! there's italian bandits and corrupt cardinals and an entire novel-worthy drawing-room serial poisoning drama only tangentially connected to the Count
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If you're interested in a smartass human* assassin living in the world of elves* it's worth checking out. This format is too short for a full review, but I ADORE these books, and Vlad is my favorite fantasy character, ever
Some of the best pre-20th Century literature was serialised, like the Count of Monte Cristo. Dumas, Dickens, Dostoevsky - they all knew how to keep their readers coming back for more. Make that shit rollicking and end your chapters with unresolved questions for the audience to ponder.
As well as hallucinogenic raves, secret lesbian love affairs, and the original version of Hector Salamanca (a wheelchair-bound old man who can’t talk but is still able to communicate very painstakingly).
Luigi Vampa would be the coolest character in many other novels but in Monte Cristo he's just a side character who gets a few chapters dedicated to an epic backstory anyways.
Yes! I had only seen the American version from 2002 and the book knocked my socks off when I read it a bit after college. Now I know more about the history and potential allusions to Byron I would have missed, I have to reread it.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankutsuou:_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo
I haven't read the book in a long time, but I usually rewatch the movie every few years. It's pretty ✨.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(2002_film)
so much better
And then I read it and discovered the 19th century version of a summer blockbuster. It has everything and is so much fun.