book cover of Il conte di Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas

Il conte di Montecristo

Novel, Historical novel by Alexandre Dumas

Blurb

Il conte di Montecristo è uno dei più famosi romanzi d'appendice attribuiti ad Alexandre Dumas. Considerata la sua opera migliore insieme alla trilogia dei moschettieri, fu completata nel 1844 e pubblicata nei due anni successivi come una serie in 18 parti.
La storia è ambientata in Italia, in Francia e nelle isole del Mar Mediterraneo, durante gli anni tra il 1815 ed il 1838. I principali temi trattati riguardano la giustizia, la vendetta, il perdono e la misericordia.

First Published

1844

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alexandru.chereches

Alexandru.chereches

Inca o carte ce ne releva natura intunecata a umanitatii si a legilor umane.

0 Responses posted in January
sciamatic

Sciamatic

One the early adventure novels, 'Monte Cristo' shows its age. While a classic that should be read to understand the beginnings of a now popular genre, the book still suffers from what any progenitor suffers from: a lack of polish. The book contains an abundance of "As you know, Bob..." dialogue, in which two characters who are well familiar with a fact must still discuss it among themselves to let the audience in; or, alternately, dialogue in which the characters speak entirely unnaturally to assuage the audience of their perceptions. For example, the Count is lying about his age. We, the audience, know that. The characters he's deceiving, obviously don't. Rather than simple answer simply, when asked his age, the Count goes through verbal gymnastics to convince a character who has no reason to think he's lying that he isn't lying, because Dumas wants the audience to know that he's thought this all out. It's one of those things that you have to take into account when reading early versions of genre tales -- that the tropes and cliches weren't tropes and cliches yet, and no one knew, or even thought, to avoid them. To me, this makes 'The Count of Monte Cristo' a must read for people wanting to experience the evolution of novel-style story telling, but I don't think this necessarily removes my critique of the writing. While the cliches weren't cliches yet, that doesn't absolve the author of certain crimes. After all, surely Dumas was aware of how people spoke to one another, yet often his characters more woodenly go through puppet plays for his own delight than speaking in any kind of organic manner. In short, I'm very glad to have read this book, and would recommend it to lover's of books, but it is still a bit of a trial to get through, and lacks the charm of other books of the same era.

0 Responses posted in December
paula

Paula

Genialer Klassiker

0 Responses posted in January
pwtierney

Pwtierney

Dumas weaves an incredible story. It isn't difficult or especially deep reading; it is a fun, and exciting adventure story meant to entertain more than enlighten. That said, it is done incredibly well, and I'd recommend it for anyone interested in the classical "canon" of adventure novels.

0 Responses posted in November
mandavi

Mandavi

Durchaus spannende Geschichte über die großen und reinen Gefühle. Andererseits doch sehr schwarz -weiß und irgendwie recht vorhersehbar, was mich aber nicht vom Mitfiebern abhalten konnte. Und das, nahezu über den ganzen, doch recht beachtlichen Wälzer ;)

0 Responses posted in October
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