The Count of Monte Cristo
After owning this book for more than a year and never being able to get more than 50 pages into its 1500, I finally read it! And it was good! The style of writing definitely isn't the easiest to read, hence the many attempts before success, so you have to be in the right mindset before picking up this book.
It tells the story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor, who returns to France in 1815 after his latest voyage, ready to marry his sweetheart, Mercedes. Edmond has a promising career ahead of him, he is going to be made captain of his ship by the company that owns it. But, Edmond's success in life had created some enemies - Danglars works on the same ship as Edmond and doesn't want him to be captain, and Fernand, Mercedes' cousin, is in love with her and doesn't want her to marry Edmond. On the day of his wedding, Edmond is arrested for treason and sent to prison. The rest of the story tells how he becomes the Count of Monte Cristo and takes his revenge on the people who sent him to prison to serve their self-interests.
It was interesting to see Edmond's transformation into the Count of Monte Cristo, and to see the duality between his desire to take his revenge on those who deserved it, but at the same time not wanting to hurt Mercedes or some other characters that come along. The story is like a bit tangle of thread that seems like it must be many different threads, but once it's all undone, it turns out to be one long thread.
It has taken me almost as long to finish this post as it did to read the book…
Coming soon: Zorro by Isabel Allende
It tells the story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor, who returns to France in 1815 after his latest voyage, ready to marry his sweetheart, Mercedes. Edmond has a promising career ahead of him, he is going to be made captain of his ship by the company that owns it. But, Edmond's success in life had created some enemies - Danglars works on the same ship as Edmond and doesn't want him to be captain, and Fernand, Mercedes' cousin, is in love with her and doesn't want her to marry Edmond. On the day of his wedding, Edmond is arrested for treason and sent to prison. The rest of the story tells how he becomes the Count of Monte Cristo and takes his revenge on the people who sent him to prison to serve their self-interests.
It was interesting to see Edmond's transformation into the Count of Monte Cristo, and to see the duality between his desire to take his revenge on those who deserved it, but at the same time not wanting to hurt Mercedes or some other characters that come along. The story is like a bit tangle of thread that seems like it must be many different threads, but once it's all undone, it turns out to be one long thread.
It has taken me almost as long to finish this post as it did to read the book…
Coming soon: Zorro by Isabel Allende
posted by Laura at 4:28 PM
1 Comments:
have you read the three musketeers? i felt sort of the same way. the style was hard to get into and there were so many threads weaving in and out. but it is still one of my favorite books:) it is ALL about the translator:)
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