A review by amibunk
The Count of Monte Cristo [Abridged] by Alexandre Dumas

5.0

I'm a huge fan of Alexandre Dumas, especially The Count of Monte Cristo. His tiny snippets of humor interspersed in glorious tales of revenge and violence, laced heavily with flamboyant displays of morality and judgment, make a larger than life novel than entertains me each and every time I read it. Poison, stabbings, betrayals, veiled lesbianism, callous men doing wicked deeds, false women dressed in fabulous clothing- the story is deliciously scandalous and I loved rereading it.
(Make sure you get the translation by Lowell Bair. He's the best French translator in my opinion.)