Books
by Alexandre Dumas
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The Count of Monte Cristo |
Having watched Gerald Depardieu's version and re-watched the one with Alan Badel, I needed to go back to the original, especially as their endings differed. It's an astonishing conglomeration of characters and events, told in a racy style, sweeping you on from one twist to the next as the Count wreaks his revenge on those who had wronged him. What a summer read it was, one which would be equally good sitting by that proverbial log-fire.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 82 Autumn 2016) |
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