![]() ![]() ![]() Why choose? Seriously, though, The Count of Monte Cristo wouldn’t just be on the list it would be my top pick for such a book. I hesitate to name Desert Island Books, because I love so many books. If you can get past the sheer weight of words and the cumbersome phrasing in the writing style, this is a magnificent emotional experience with all the highs and lows of great art. What makes The Count of Monte Cristo so amazing is the sheer breadth of human experience that Dumas includes in his story, even as he focuses with laser sharpness on the effects of obsession with revenge on Edmond Dantès. ![]() If I were to attempt a new review, I’d basically recapitulate what I said already: this is the real deal, one of those timeless stories. I don’t have anything substantive to add to my first review, below. Reading this book was every bit as pleasurable, diverting, and moving as it was the first time everything reaffirms my original sentiments regarding this book’s place in history and Dumas’ talents as a storyteller, if not perhaps as a writer. I was, for the most part, successful in this goal. I decided that on my week off I wanted to sit outside and work my way through this classic behemoth during what might be our last nice days before the autumn chill kicks in. I bought a house this summer I have my very own deck now. It has, coincidentally, been exactly 3 years since I first read The Count of Monte Cristo. ![]() Second review, addendum: September 5, 2017 ![]()
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