The count of monte cristo
Elena Flores
Period 1
August 16, 2013
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Duma
When my cousin initially showed me this novel, I looked upon it as something around the lines of a history read. At a first look, with more than a thousand pages, The Count of Monte Cristo looked like a waste of time. Not only that, but it wasn’t even in modern English. I had never enjoyed Shakespeare. Why would this be any different? This novel would probably consist of long paragraphs that just dragged on and on. I would end up having to just give up on it, something I have never done with a book. It is said to never judge a book by its cover. I wasn’t interested when I saw the cover to The Count of Monte Cristo. It wasn’t until I received a second recommendation that I decided to read it. My thoughts towards this book completely changed as soon as I turned the first page. This is anything but a history read. From the beginning, The Count of Monte Cristo uses a wide range of vocabulary. While reading this book, everything seems to mold together. At first, the events are simple. After a few pages, it gets more intricate and difficult to understand. One will never expect the events to play out the way they did. Then again, without specific events, The Count of Monte Cristo wouldn’t be an existing novel. For example, if Edmond Dante was proved innocent, the book would’ve ended within the first one-hundred pages. There are times when I will finish a chapter in awe at the events that have occurred. They all seem so well thought out and delivered.
The descriptions are spot on and they create such beautiful detailed images in my head. If I begin to read a chapter, at any given moment, I have to finish it before setting the book down. There is such an ample amount of details that there is no possible way one can grasp them with one reading. This is the type of book that you must read more than once and more than twice. The Count of Monte Cristo wouldn’t be good If it
Period 1
August 16, 2013
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Duma
When my cousin initially showed me this novel, I looked upon it as something around the lines of a history read. At a first look, with more than a thousand pages, The Count of Monte Cristo looked like a waste of time. Not only that, but it wasn’t even in modern English. I had never enjoyed Shakespeare. Why would this be any different? This novel would probably consist of long paragraphs that just dragged on and on. I would end up having to just give up on it, something I have never done with a book. It is said to never judge a book by its cover. I wasn’t interested when I saw the cover to The Count of Monte Cristo. It wasn’t until I received a second recommendation that I decided to read it. My thoughts towards this book completely changed as soon as I turned the first page. This is anything but a history read. From the beginning, The Count of Monte Cristo uses a wide range of vocabulary. While reading this book, everything seems to mold together. At first, the events are simple. After a few pages, it gets more intricate and difficult to understand. One will never expect the events to play out the way they did. Then again, without specific events, The Count of Monte Cristo wouldn’t be an existing novel. For example, if Edmond Dante was proved innocent, the book would’ve ended within the first one-hundred pages. There are times when I will finish a chapter in awe at the events that have occurred. They all seem so well thought out and delivered.
The descriptions are spot on and they create such beautiful detailed images in my head. If I begin to read a chapter, at any given moment, I have to finish it before setting the book down. There is such an ample amount of details that there is no possible way one can grasp them with one reading. This is the type of book that you must read more than once and more than twice. The Count of Monte Cristo wouldn’t be good If it