/lit/ - Literature

How are the works of serialised fiction of the past unlike webnovels now? Is it merely because they stood the test of time?
For one, Dumas must have written more than 1500 words per day for the last 16 volumes (more than 100 chapters almost) for his Count of Monte Cristo, which were all published in 1845. That is only slightly less writing than some "well rated" webnovels, but it is still in that ballpark of writing constantly without as much humming and hawing.
Crime and Punishment by Dostevsky was serialised only within a year, which would have meant less than 5000 words per week. That might be what someone would write as a webnovel if it already had a following.
I'm just trying to say that serialised fiction has always been around with the same sort of writing demands of constant output.

very good book bros, but doesn't it kind of drag on in the middle?

Reading this again, and I forgot how hilarious and dramatic the descriptions of cuck Fernand were. Nigga is literally drowning in sweat and incel rage lmao

This is a thread about The Count of Monte Cristo.

ignore academic shit and the books they enjoy,
read a REAL book (serial) that REAL frenchmen (dogs) enjoyed and treasured as they impatiently (owing to the work's suspenseful nature) yet sympathetically (owing to its range of broad scope and minute detail) waited YEARS for its completion

I always found it kind of hilarious how Edmond planned out these elaborate situations to out Fernand and Villefort in front of a huge public audience to ruin their reputations, and with Baron Danglars he just slowly drains his bank account over time until he has no money left

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Just finished to read this. What did I think of it ?

I am the greatest story ever told

Do you have one book that stands above all the rest to you? One book that you enjoyed so much that it holds a special place in your heart?
For me, it’s The Count of Monte Cristo.