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A review by carlacbarroso
The Count Of Monte Cristo by Pauline Francis, Alexandre Dumas
5.0
I read it a couple of years ago and, since I don't have the book with me at the moment, I picked up the audiobook. It's simply wonderful, magnificent.
Having read it before doesn't make it shine less, on the contrary, I loved it even more. I don't think it is a book about vengeance; it has more of hope than vengeance. Is hope that keeps Dantès alive, even if to get back at those who done him wrong, in Château d'If. Is hope of making bad things good that moves his vengeance.
This is the story of Edmond Dantès who had a bright future ahead at the moment he's imprisoned: he was about to be promoted and to marry the woman he loved so dearly. For envy, a group of "friends" decides to denounce him has a Bonapartist supporter while the judge, aware of the real supporter, incarcerates him in Château d'If. There, he meets the Abbé Faria, who leaves him is treasure, if he manages to escape. This is how Edmond becomes the Count, a man with a brilliant mind, intelligent, with possessions that grant him a new life, and starts his vengeance. He has a new life, even brighter than before, ahead of him but he puts his strength on his vengeance.
Dantès is a remarkable character, as all the others on this book, and his introspection is quite marking as, while he questions his vengeance, we can't help but question it too when it strikes, not only the culprits but, those who surround them and who, even though they're guilty of other actions, can't be blamed by the disgrace of Edmond. He faces another question then: remain stuck to the past or enjoy to the full his future? Enjoy the new opportunity to life that was granted him?
The audiobook was really pleasant; the narrator does an amazing job when it concerned of giving emotion to the dialogs, adding something to the "reading". As I said, it's magnificent.
Having read it before doesn't make it shine less, on the contrary, I loved it even more. I don't think it is a book about vengeance; it has more of hope than vengeance. Is hope that keeps Dantès alive, even if to get back at those who done him wrong, in Château d'If. Is hope of making bad things good that moves his vengeance.
This is the story of Edmond Dantès who had a bright future ahead at the moment he's imprisoned: he was about to be promoted and to marry the woman he loved so dearly. For envy, a group of "friends" decides to denounce him has a Bonapartist supporter while the judge, aware of the real supporter, incarcerates him in Château d'If. There, he meets the Abbé Faria, who leaves him is treasure, if he manages to escape. This is how Edmond becomes the Count, a man with a brilliant mind, intelligent, with possessions that grant him a new life, and starts his vengeance. He has a new life, even brighter than before, ahead of him but he puts his strength on his vengeance.
Dantès is a remarkable character, as all the others on this book, and his introspection is quite marking as, while he questions his vengeance, we can't help but question it too when it strikes, not only the culprits but, those who surround them and who, even though they're guilty of other actions, can't be blamed by the disgrace of Edmond. He faces another question then: remain stuck to the past or enjoy to the full his future? Enjoy the new opportunity to life that was granted him?
The audiobook was really pleasant; the narrator does an amazing job when it concerned of giving emotion to the dialogs, adding something to the "reading". As I said, it's magnificent.