/lit/ - Literature

>>20895127
>Count of monte cristo
Why would someone read a book about counting sandwiches written by a guy named "Dumbass"?

just finished this and that definitely felt like a journey. i really haven't collected all my thoughts in regard to how i feel about it. i don't really have an analysis of it. but overall, i liked it. even though it for sure had its ups and downs. it really was a good book. sometimes i forgot it was a revenge story. but it really did get wrapped up pretty nice with a good bow at the end. i did like edmond dantes journey and the overall feel and idea of the story. it was fun imagining the enviroments and everything going on. very good book.

thanks for the recommendation /lit/. i wouldn't have read it if it wasn't for you guys suggesting it to me in recommendation thread i posted months ago.

>>20253812
Go read the full version of the Count of Monte Christo if you want French kino instead of some overrated le existentiautismo shit shit. God I want to be as cool as Edmond Dantes.

What are your favorite books about rogues, tricksters and the like?

Why did none of you fuckers recommend me this sooner?
Just started it and I've already read a 100 pages whereas I've been struggling to even read 20 pages for days.

The first third of this doorstopper is an absolute page turner. I'm in the very middle, where the Count is visiting Paris, and all the set-up going on is a bit of a slog.
Luckily Dumas knows how to write a good drama.
I'm also reading Morrison's translation of Chaucer.

It wasn't that great

>>16822440
>Abridged
Don't read an abridged edition, it's not worth it when the original is already very easy and fun to read (and you can read the whole thing with illustrations for free here:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1184/1184-h/1184-h.htm).). The abridged version reduced his prison experience to almost nothing so his misery and desire for revenge were minimized.

They do but with a different set of eyes. They try to interpret many grand stories as excerpts of class struggle and other forms of historical materialism. Leftist interpretations of Pic Related are good example of this.

>>15913641
>Abridged
Read the Penguin Classics or Everyman's Library edition instead, they are both unabridged.

https://www.bookdepository.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Alexandre-Dumas/9780140449266

https://www.bookdepository.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Alexandre-Dumas/9781841593203

>>15567983
every single orientalist.

>>15386402
A story about a man regaining his manhood which was taken from him.