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If not the best book I've ever read, it is absolutely, without question in my top 3.
I started it in January and doubted that I'd ever finish it just due to its sheer length. It took me quite a while to read; I didn't read daily, and would sometimes go weeks without reading it. I finished the last half within the last 3 weeks and can't believe the journey is over.
I haven't felt this empty since I finished watching The Sopranos
:-(
What an amazing and captivating story. Dumas' writing ability left me absolutely dumbfounded every time I'd pick the book up. I've never read about such perfectly crafted and complex characters. Such memorable scenes, relationships, and events. I feel as though I'll never read a book like this one.
This post doesn't have much of a point, but I just feel so moved by this book and am sad to say it's over.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Or just any books that you read after
Monte Cristo that you felt complemented it in some way, whatever it may be?
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
71009
2012
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
362084
$7.68
$4.39
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
10924
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 2-Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Tome 2: English-French Parallel Text Edition in Six Volumes
Paperback
856909
$25.44
$19.99
2010
Edmond Dantes: The Sequel to Alexander Dumas' Celebrated Novel of the Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
7363314
$41.96
$14.98
2010
The Count of Monte Cristo (Word Cloud Classics)
Kindle Edition
719382
$4.39
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
Kindle Edition
8386
$6.60
2003
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
Mass Market Paperback
228861
$12.95
$2.00
1997
The Count of Monte Cristo (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Mass Market Paperback
546855
$0.01
$0.01
2004
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics (Pb))
Hardcover
795296
$10.84
$10.79
1984
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics)
Kindle Edition
39745
$5.12
2003
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classic)
Mass Market Paperback
1420082
$72.25
$0.25
1984
The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated)
Kindle Edition
18304
$0.99
2013
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (illustrated, complete, and unabridged)
Kindle Edition
28525
$0.99
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mass Market Paperback
708257
$1.99
$0.01
1998
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
752769
$101.75
$75.05
2010
The Count of Monte Cristo (Collector's Library)
Hardcover
1103831
$10.65
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo: Annotated
Kindle Edition
405730
$1.99
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated
Paperback
771644
$21.99
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo (Oxford World's Classics)
Paperback
1894818
$6.50
$0.01
1998
The Count of Monte Cristo (Oxford World's Classics)
Paperback
343619
$6.98
$2.50
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo (Signet Classics)
Mass Market Paperback
193403
$3.36
$0.01
2005
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
Paperback
999400
$46.85
$12.87
2006
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
134956
$5.95
2005
The Count of Monte Cristo (Signet Classics)
Mass Market Paperback
1203467
$1.65
$0.01
1988
The Count of Monte Cristo (Great Illustrated Classics, D224-28)
Hardcover
1617569
$2.93
$2.50
The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated classic editions)
Paperback
5557903
$1.37
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
1543510
$36.77
$39.10
2018
The Count of Monte Cristo (Annotated)
Kindle Edition
358664
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
Hardcover
262175
$49.95
$74.93
2020
The Count of Monte Cristo ( Annotated )
Kindle Edition
461580
$2.99
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bring the Classics to Life: Level 5)
Paperback
766752
$5.27
$3.64
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: Vook Classics
Kindle Edition
344087
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo: Unabridged Bilingual Edition: English-French (Volume 4)
Paperback
1487324
$24.95
$33.48
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo (Oxford World's Classics)
Kindle Edition
255074
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
2304855
$7.50
$4.85
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo: (Annotated) (Worldwide Classics) (Complete Special Edition)
Paperback
821468
$20.99
$7.55
2019
The Count of Monte-Cristo (Illustrated) (The Count of Monte-Cristo (Illustrated - In two volumes)))
Paperback
2005202
$33.33
2019
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Complete and unabridged
Paperback
1609403
$18.00
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo (Xist Classics)
Kindle Edition
34575
2015
The Count of Monte Cristo (Annotated with Exclusive Bonus Features)
Kindle Edition
7331
$0.99
2014
The Count Of Monte Cristo (Illustrated)
Kindle Edition
281854
2011
Edmond Dantès: The Sequel to Alexander Dumas' Celebrated Novel of the Count of Monte Cristo (Classic Reprint)
Paperback
2778295
$16.57
$15.00
2018
The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 6-Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Tome 6: English-French Parallel Text Edition in Six Volumes
Paperback
1437329
$22.11
$25.11
2010
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
2006850
$19.23
$19.05
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
828369
$17.99
$18.99
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
342656
$0.99
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo (Puffin Classics) : Abridged
Paperback
687418
$2.54
$0.01
1996
The Count of Monte Cristo (Fall River Classics)
Hardcover
89582
$8.93
2017
The Count of Monte Cristo (annotated)
Kindle Edition
31585
$0.99
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
1119465
$10.83
$4.99
2005
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Lowell Blair (Translator), Lowell Bair (Translator), Lowell Bair (Abridged by)
Mass Market Paperback
201794
$6.72
$4.88
1980
The Count of Monte Cristo : illustrated Abridged Children Classics English Novel with Review Questions
Hardcover
1176483
$10.00
$25.96
2021
The Vampire Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
1517381
$16.95
$16.94
2013
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - UNABRIDGED
Paperback
393545
$14.99
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo (Enriched Classics)
Mass Market Paperback
1017847
$1.56
$0.01
2004
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
358898
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
1148663
$3.17
$0.01
2001
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
5403489
$11.95
2016
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: UNABRIDGED ORIGINAL CLASSIC
Paperback
1297374
$15.49
2021
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Paperback
1267808
$58.83
The Count of Monte Cristo, 2 Volumes
Hardcover
5886979
$27.00
The Count of Monte Cristo (Barnes & Noble Signature Editions)
Hardcover
287862
$18.95
$9.10
2012
The Count of Monte Cristo
MP3 CD
97707
$10.99
$12.87
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
309
$0.00
2022
The Count of Monte Cristo: Unabridged Bilingual Edition, English-French, Vol. 2 (English and French Edition)
Paperback
728706
$24.95
$30.83
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
42736
2019
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
456108
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
1610267
$33.99
$40.37
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo (Tor Classics) by Alexandre Dumas p?re (1998-10-15)
Mass Market Paperback
17215754
$6.99
The Count of Monte Cristo (Coleccion Clasicos Para Ninos) (Spanish Edition)
Paperback
2146292
$5.99
$4.78
2010
THE COUNT OF MONTECRISTO (Spanish Edition)
Audio CD
2169428
$17.00
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
190496
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo (Book Center) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #6]
Kindle Edition
97671
2017
The Count of Monte-Cristo; Volume 4
Hardcover
2507576
$29.44
$33.04
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Readers, Level 3)
Paperback
4242472
$75.25
$1.99
2001
d'Artagnan Romances & The Count of Monte Cristo: by Alexandre Dumas (FREE AudioBooks)
Kindle Edition
124880
2016
El Conde de Montecristo / The Count of Monte Cristo (Grandes Novelas) (Spanish Edition) (Grandes Novelas (Tomo))
Paperback
676078
$18.95
$32.59
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo (French Edition)
Paperback
1436927
$17.65
1844
The Count of Monte Cristo (Coterie Classics with Free Audiobook)
Kindle Edition
26484
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics) [Paperback]
Paperback
1046730
$4.11
$1.53
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
3612355
$15.14
The Count of Monte-Cristo, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Hardcover
3532535
$27.30
$39.00
2018
The Count Of Monte Cristo: By Alexandre Dumas - Illustrated And Unabridged (FREE AUDIOBOOK INCLUDED)
Kindle Edition
44045
2016
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, UNABRIDGED & LARGE 14pt FONT PRINT
Paperback
622146
$21.00
$16.49
2016
The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)
Kindle Edition
140663
2013
The Count of Monte-Cristo; Volume 5
Hardcover
2514386
$29.60
$33.04
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
260245
$3.99
$1.02
2004
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
126801
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Hardcover
1669335
$9.33
2017
The Count of Monte Cristo, with eBook
Audio CD
2203202
$24.03
$19.85
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo Complete and Unabridged Edition: 4 volumes in 1 (All four volumes in one)
Paperback
441487
$32.13
$34.91
2020
O Conde de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo Português-Edition) (Portuguese Edition)
Kindle Edition
719617
$3.54
2020
Count Of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
745434
$30.95
$26.96
2015
The Count of Monte Cristo SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
Paperback
44939
$2.97
$1.32
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo, Part Two: Frank J. Morlock
Paperback
582314
$13.78
$15.36
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo (Flame Tree Collectable Classics)
Hardcover
884472
$12.99
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audible Audio Edition
962
$29.95
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
Paperback
6389
$8.30
$2.51
2003
The Count of Monte Cristo (Townsend Library Edition)
Paperback
270880
$4.95
$1.50
2010
The Count of Monte Cristo (Everyman's Library)
Hardcover
47188
$18.68
$10.96
2009
The Count of Monte Cristo: Illustrated Edition
Paperback
835943
$18.99
2022
The Count of Monte Cristo (Classics Illustrated)
Paperback
143343
$4.13
$5.11
2015
The Count of Monte Cristo (Great Illustrated Classics)
Paperback
181890
$1.99
$4.28
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Annotated
Kindle Edition
308091
$3.99
2022
The Count Of Monte Cristo...
Paperback
8759586
$30.02
2012
The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)
Kindle Edition
7501
$0.99
2013
The Three Musketeers, Man in the Iron Mask, Count of Monte Cristo (Annotated)
Audible Audiobook
13965
$26.21
2018
The Count of Monte Cristo
Leather Bound
872009
$21.95
$14.47
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
2987927
$19.95
$48.97
The Count of Monte Cristo (1000 Copy Limited Edition)
Hardcover
210581
$49.95
$74.93
2019
Count of Monte Cristo, The Leatherbound Classic Collection by Alexandre Dumas
Leather Bound
1327407
$70.92
$45.67
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
21049
2019
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
129866
$17.99
2019
The Count of Monte Cristo: Two-Disc Set
Audio CD
39505
$13.50
$13.50
2018
The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo & The Lady of Camellias: Three BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisations
Audible Audiobook
170860
$24.81
2020
The Count of Monte Cristo: Campfire Classics Line (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Paperback
265558
$6.77
$7.07
2012
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
2378747
$9.89
$10.11
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo: Unabridged Bilingual Edition: English-French, Vol. 1
Paperback
837059
$23.40
$23.34
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo (Word Cloud Classics)
Paperback
83991
$9.29
$8.30
2013
The Count of Monte Cristo (100 Copy Limited Edition)
Hardcover
1000384
$69.95
$49.99
2018
El Conde De Montecristo / The Count of Monte Cristo (Spanish Edition)
Paperback
1670526
$44.52
2004
The Count of Monte Cristo - 1st Edition
Paperback
3574899
$28.79
$24.00
2010
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
440553
2012
The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics)
Paperback
20247
$2.00
$1.24
1985
The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated Edition)
Kindle Edition
13149
$0.99
2012
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
1262799
$6.94
$4.69
2009
The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library)
Hardcover
81754
$13.73
$5.19
1996
Count of Monte Cristo, The, Penguin Readers (2nd Edition) (Penguin Readers: Level 3)
Paperback
643296
$8.56
$4.48
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo (100 Copy Collector's Edition)
Hardcover
1852102
$69.95
$93.58
2019
The Count of Monte Cristo
Paperback
300979
$24.99
$15.00
2015
The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 1-Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Tome 1: English-French Parallel Text Edition in Six Volumes
Paperback
972634
$24.99
$16.00
2010
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) Publisher: Penguin Classics
Paperback
1916475
$12.40
$5.00
Edmond Dantes: The Sequel to Alexander Dumas' Celebrated Novel of the Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
8407533
$24.95
$30.68
2015
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Paperback
351997
$11.66
2015
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audible Audio Edition
24239
$4.95
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo (New Method Supplementary Readers)
Paperback
6805560
$0.01
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
Hardcover
29714
$22.91
$19.58
2013
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Kindle Edition
66240
2018
The Count of Monte Cristo (Dunda Books Classic)
Kindle Edition
461423
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo (Collector's Library)
Hardcover
1198313
$7.65
$0.01
The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library Classics)
Mass Market Paperback
2677461
$4.10
$0.01
2005
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
3484397
$280.00
$43.74
The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library Classics)
Paperback
914991
$7.49
$0.01
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo: Abridged Edition (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)
Paperback
84774
$4.32
$0.58
2007
The Count of Monte Cristo: Abridged Edition (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)
Kindle Edition
254660
$5.99
2012
The Count of Monte Cristo: Blackstone Audio Classic Collection
Audio CD
1196684
$37.71
$25.01
2008
The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated)
Kindle Edition
454814
2015
The Count of Monte Cristo (Golden Deer Classics) [The Classics Collection #01]
Kindle Edition
86477
2016
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mass Market Paperback
2249592
$174.40
$1.06
Manga Classics Count Of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
685111
$22.99
$17.98
2020
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mass Market Paperback
2345756
$0.01
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
1343234
$1.99
$0.01
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
4088676
$213.28
2006
Count Of Monte Cristo Manga Classics
Paperback
127659
$11.79
$11.60
2017
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hardcover
1708797
$4.30
$0.01
The Count of Monte Cristo
Audio CD
4153917
$68.56
$54.97
2006
The Count of Monte Cristo, Unabridged Bilingual Edition, Vol. 3 (English and French Edition)
Paperback
835894
$24.95
$24.94
2014
The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas
Paperback
54606
$18.99
2022
The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics)
Paperback
68882
$3.95
$1.18
1998
The Count of Monte Cristo: Library Edition
Audio CD
4556973
$9.99
What is the best version of The Count of Monte Cristo?
According to IMDB: The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) with 7.8 rating. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) with 7.4 rating. The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) with 6.7 rating.
Why Count of Monte Cristo is the best book?
The Count of Monte Cristo is the book that defines "revenge novel." It's a big, big book and Dumas does everything in grand style. All of his characters are larger-than-life and skin deep. His plot is vast, intricate, and at times, ridiculous; Dumas uses coincidences that would make Dickens blush.
Is The Count of Monte Cristo one of the best books?
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is considered a Great Classic because it has everything that makes for an exciting read. An innocent man set up for a crime he never did, sent away to prison and made to suffer . It has Revenge, Jealousy all in ONE NOVEL !
Is The Count of Monte Cristo worth reading?
If you like your revenge served ice cold, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is the book for you. This is one of those big (1,200 pages) leisurely books that you can lose yourself in when you have some time and you want to escape from the world for a while.