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 Member 1279 Level 21.27 Mar 2006 
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One thing you should know about 'The Count of Monte Cristo' (the book) is that there is 5 times more depth to it than the film. The book is over 800 pages long so you are probably expecting this.
I watched the film after reading the book and although the film is entertaining the experience is completely eclipsed by the epic novel. There is also an abridged format of the book which I strongly reccomend you avoid at all costs. I have read a few Dumas books and I believe they are consistently well written and a joy to read. However when I got round to reading 'The Knight of Maison Rouge', however good it was: I was beggining to tire of the Romantic adventure format. I would really reccomend 'The Black Tulip' which is fairly short ( about 230 pages). It is this length that pretty much gaurantees that you will not get bored of this fast moving story. I got through this book in a few days, it may of even been one weekend. 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was exceptional though, the story was told with such elegance that even by 800+ pages I didn't want it to end. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
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