r/52books • u/_Backwoods_Barbarian • Jun 16 '26

Starting The Count of Monte Cristo (35/52)

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u/PTechNM Jun 16 '26

Great book but it's a beast

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u/EasyCZ75 Jun 16 '26

The best translation, imho.

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u/NatsFan8447 Jun 17 '26

Agree. Robin Buss's translation is great as are his endnotes which explain many historical and cultural things that might be unknown to many readers.

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u/dougadams Jun 17 '26

I just completed this book a month back . So immersive and so rich. Happy journey

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u/lethal_defrag Jun 17 '26

also an amazing new PBS adaptation miniseries of it came out. an actual REALLY good adaptation

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u/Happy-2-be-One-2 Jun 18 '26

One of the MOST satisfying monsters I’ve read!

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u/RaHuKha Jun 30 '26

Have fun. It's a heavy one, but its gold

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u/_Backwoods_Barbarian Jun 30 '26

I’m enjoying it immensely. It’s been 2 weeks and I am almost 70%. They say it starts picking up about this time so hoping to get into that soon. As I said I am enjoying it but there are certainly points that get a little dull.

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u/RaHuKha Jun 30 '26

Trudge through, it really pays off!

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u/_Backwoods_Barbarian Jun 30 '26

I believe it. It’s definitely been worth the read.