Book hangover, day four

[mahogany]

I picked up the Count of Monte Cristo from the library a few days ago. Not because I had a burning desire to read it, but because it seemed to me that everyone in the world had read it except for me.

Wow! Has it ever sucked me in. Every day for the last four days, I've woken up bleary eyed because I've stayed awake reading too long.

It's exactly up my alley. Pure entertainment. As to whether it has any literary merit, I have no clue, but dang is it ever compelling.

Comments

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

Huh. I actually haven't read it. I've read "Les Trois Mosquetaires" over and over and finally got around to "Vingt Annees Plus Tard" aka "L'homme aux masque du fer". Did NOT like "Man in the Iron Mask". I was really mad at Dumas after reading it. However, "Count of Monte Cristo" is one I'm obviously going to have to pick up.

[efriden.livejournal.com]

It's a marvellous book, but obviously its main theme (revenge) is decidedly unchristian.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Especially considering that Count is thoroughly convinced that it's God's justice and not his own that he is doling out.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Man, I wish my French were still at a level where I could actually enjoy books like this in their original language. I think stuff always gets lost in the translation - no matter how good that translation happens to be.

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

I admit that I read them in English. Dumas is hard enough to follow in my first language. I started to read "Trois Mosquetaires" in French but lost the copy somewhere.