To admit that this unabridged classic almost proved too much for me. But it is one novel that doesnt suffer much in abridgment. It is a novel worth reading for the most part. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die. Robin Busss lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumass original. To say that The Count of Monte Cristo is complex would be an understatement. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo 211 likes Like What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read Thrown in prison for a. Originally written by Alexander Dumas a French writer. Robin Buss’s lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas’s original. On what slender threads do life and fortune hang. The 'Count of Monte Cristo' is one of the most amazing and arresting books Ive ever read. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s. Can you really be satisfied having read only 36 of this wonderful novel 2 Carnal-Pleasures :redstar:1 5 yr. Kounouz Intl Best Seller: The Count of Monte Cristo. The Count of Monte Cristo is perhaps the finest, or at least one of the finest pieces of storytelling in all literature. Abridged world literature titles for different interests and levels. While the earliest English translations had appeared in abridged form in various journals, this edition represents the first complete English translation to be published as a book. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. I highly recommend you read the Robin Buss unabridged and unexpurgated translation of 1996. First complete edition in English in book form of a revenge classic, the Manney copy. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. "On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
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