Il conte di Montecristo

welcome to THE COUNT OF MONT-MAY CRISTO. join me as i spend may reading this impossibly lengthy book. i invented project long classics to make intimidating works of literature more approachable by reading them section by section, i'll have to read 4 chapters of this a day even if i take the month, so Leggi tutto

Picture this: you are nineteen years old with your whole life ahead of you. You've just been offered the job of your dreams. And you're about to marry the person you've loved since childhood. When, suddenly, a couple of jealous men decide to frame you as a Bonapartist (a crime which was punished by

** Spoiler alert** First, make sure you find a copy that is unabridged. Most editions in English ARE abridged, but usually don't say they are. Not sure if this Penguin edition is, it's not the one i read. Readers generally think of this as a tale of revenge. For me, it was much deeper. I'm not a reli Leggi tutto

I am utterly speechless…

منذ صباك ستنجذب له مهما كنت تراه مبتذلا..هل تساءلت ابدا لماذا؟ لان بداخل كل منا ادموند و الكونت معا..كل منا تتبلور شخصيته الأصلية قبل العشرين ثم تسحقك الدنيا بكل الأشكال ..لتنبعث شخصيتك الأخرى من الرماد من بين 36حبكة درامية تستهويني حبكة الانتقام..منذ البداية نشات علاقة توحد غريبة بين فتاة في سن19م Leggi tutto

you know the classic question ‘if you were stranded on a deserted island, which book(s) would you want to have?’ well, TCOMC is my answer. without a doubt. not only would the 1,000+ pages (which are full of the most masterfully crafted and deceptively clever plotlines known to humanity) provide hour Leggi tutto

Why did no one tell me about this book? I mean seriously, I was about a hundred pages in and I wanted to go find my freshman high school English teacher and inflict terrible, intricate revenge on her for depriving me of a great book. I figured first I could assume a new identity, perhaps insinuating Leggi tutto

While revenge is a dish best served cold I prefer my Monte Cristos to be toasted and warm. But maybe thats why he's the Count and I'm the customer. All jokes aside, this book is incredible, reads at lightning pace, and is full of great and nuanced looks at concepts of redemption, debt, happiness and Leggi tutto