Svetlana's Reads and Views

Name of Book: The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged) Author: Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 0-553-21350-4 Publisher: Bantam Classics Type of book: Revenge, generations, sea, Chateau D'if, unjust imprisonment, god, control, wealth, 1815-1840s? Year it was published: 1844 (version I have 1956) Summary: Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantes, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'If- doomed to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his miraculous escape, and his carefully wrought revenge creates a dramatic tale of mystery and intrigue and paints a vision of France- a dazzling, dueling, exuberant France- that has become immortal. Characters: I found the characters to be flat, besides Edmond Dantes, but I think for...

Fast Paced Novel Name of Book: The Three Musketeers Author: Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 1-885326-040-1 Publisher: Wordsworth Classics Type of Book: Young adult-adult, French classic, 16th century, Louis XIII Year it was published: (Original in 1844 in French, this version 1993) Part of a series: D'Artagnan Romances Summary: The Three Musketeers is one of the most celebrated historical romances ever written. It tells of the adventures of the hot-headed young Gascon, d’Artagnan, and his three companions Athos, Porthos and Aramis. In their gallant defence of the Queen of France, Anne of Austria, they pit their wits and their swords against the machinations and men of that archetypal eminence grise, Cardinal Richlieu, as he schemes to hold on to his political influence over King Louis XIII. Their swashbuckling adventures take them from the high fashion of the French Court to the murkier aspects of espionage on either side of the Channel in a thr...