Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140373530ISBN:0140373535
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780451521958ISBN:0451521951
Description: Acceptable. A usable copy. Please note that this book will show signs of wear and will have been extensively read but all pages will be in tact with it's binding secure unless stated. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781853267338ISBN:1853267333
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192833952ISBN:0192833952
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Edition: 5th or later Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Collins, 1955. Black Mottled Softcover Edition, In Very Good Order. No D/J. Good, Clean And Tight Throughout. No Names Or Engravings. 1099 Pages. Prompt Despatch To You From York; 003326. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781853267338ISBN:1853267333
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Description: Very good. Looks unread. Uncreased spine and very neat pages. Crease to back cover and pages are lightly yellowed. Chunky paperback published by Penguin. UK seller. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everymans Library
Date Published: 1965
Description: Volume Two. Dust jacket in fair to poor condition. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours., 450grams, ISBN: read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781853267338ISBN:1853267333
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 896 pages. (896 pages) the victim of a miscarriage of justice, edmund dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. in his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons, London
Date Published: 1947
Description: No dust jacket. Vol. 1. Library sticker on front cover. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition., 350grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons, London
Date Published: 1947
Description: Volume 1. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition., 350grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Date Published: 2002
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 2002. 894 pages. Condition: Very Good, slight wear to edges, crease to top corner front cover, spine bowed but not creased, page edges a little tanned, otherwise very clean throughout. A very good, sound, used copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140373530ISBN:0140373535
Description: Very Good. Minor creases to covers, otherwise brand new & unread. Next working day dispatch from the UK. Please contact us with any queries. read more
"This book set the standard way back when. However, it is not the best written book - overly simplistic, telling the reader what is happening rather than showing the reader, rather than have the reader experience and feel what is happening.
Over all, a great book."
"I read an abridged version of this book in middle school. I remember liking it and I decided to read it unabridged this time. I found that when the book was over I was depressed and glad to put it down. For anyone that knows this story you will know it's a book of despair and revenge. I know Edmond Dantes was greatly wronged and I'm sure everyone will agree that those who wronged him deserved punishment. Yet, I wasn't happy to see Dantes avenged. In the beginning of the book Edmond Dantes was sweet, naive, and happy but as soon as he understood what his "friends" had done his heart changed and became worse until Edmond Dantes changes into a bitter black heart.
I hated the changes that took place with Dantes and I realized that as for me, if I am wronged, I am going to forgive and forget and not allow hate and vengeance change who I am. The scripture "vengeance is mine...saith the Lord" obviously applies here and I'd rather let Him deal with everything and live my own life the best I can."
I love well-written classics, and this one fits the bill perfectly. Granted, there were some discrepancies, mainly to do with time and ages (saying Mercedes had a portrait of herself done when she was 25 when she really would have been 32, etc), but if I had not been reading this edition, I probably would not have noticed those things. In any event, it did not detract from the story at all.
Pretty much everyone knows what The Count of Monte Cristo is about, so this isn't going to be a rehash of the plot, but rather the feelings that I had while reading it.
I first have to say that I was enthralled with this book from start to finish. It took me 9 days to read, but I think that if I was not as addicted to Goodreads as I am, I'd have probably finished in half that time.
I'm glad that I read the unabridged version of this story. I'm glad that I was persistent in wanting to experience the nuance of this book, because it was worth it. I'm sure that the abridged editions are exciting, but that's like eating a Hershey's kiss when you could be eating the finest Belgian chocolate. There is just no comparison.
Poor Edmond Dantes broke my heart. After his arrest, when he is taken to prison and spends the entire first night standing in the middle of his cell, crying and alone, it broke my heart. To know that people could be so cruel broke my heart and I wanted revenge for him.
His relationship with Abbe Faria made me happy, because it made Edmond happy. I couldn't imagine the kind of torture it must be like to never be able to speak to another person. So, for being subjected to that fate, on a whim, I prayed for him to get his revenge.
I was glad when he did, and it was a beautiful thing. Intricately woven, well planned, and executed perfectly. At times, I felt that The Count was a bit cruel, but I realize that it was necessary for him to detach himself from those whose punishment he was delivering. Danglars got off easiest, which did slightly disappoint me, as he was the mastermind behind Dantes misfortune, but I understand Dantes decision in allowing him to live, and I think that it was the right one. Danglars will, until his dying day, know what forgiveness and mercy is, and wonder why he should have been granted his pardon when by all rights Dantes could have made him suffer endlessly. I hope it drives him mad.
But listen to me... I'm talking about these people as if they are real. They felt real. I had dreams about this story, and reading it wasn't so much reading as experiencing.
I would highly recommend this book. If you haven't already read it, do so. Now.
"I have read this book about 4 times and I would give the abridged version 5 stars but this unabridged I'm giving 4. Surprisingly the sections that have been "cut out" don't really add that much to the story and I didn't really learn anything new."
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