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Today in illustrated Count of Monte Cristo: Lesbians!

#Routledge CMC #count along #(not 100% sure who's at the door but I'm guessing it's Danglars)#(the Count and Albert are also in this scene but neither of them look like that in this edition)#(and Andrea has a lot more beard)

What a great picture of Eugenie. She looks ready to murder a man.

#I should make up a tag for these pictures because I do intend to keep spamming you all with them #Routledge CMC #Count Along

I should turn off my computer and go to bed

But first, here’s Franz and Albert kissing talking kissing.

#at least I think it's Franz and Albert #anyway I still ship it.#count along #Elenchus chats #Routledge CMC

....no.

#no no no no no #I refuse #Andrea is a horrible trashcan man but this is the wrong kind of trashcan exterior #Routledge CMC #Count Along #Count of Monte Cristo

Last chance for everyone to talk me out of Revenge Sandwich and CoMC17 as the readalong title and tag respectively.

#any French readers want to make the case for CdMC instead?#I'm banking on having a mostly anglophone crew and figure the English title acronym will be more automatic and thus better remembered #(I don't feel that way about NDdP because the title is inconsistently and weirdly translated in English)#(but the difference between an 'of' and 'de' seems pretty minimal)#count along #Elenchus chats

What edition/translation of Monte Cristo would you recommend getting? (I've never read it before, super excited for the readalong!)

soilrockslove said:

What translation/edition of the Count of Monte Cristo would you recommend? I’m looking forward to reading it unabridged!

I’m officially recommending the Penguin Classics edition with Robin Buss’ translation. I have never read it before, but it’s the one I’m planning on using for this readalong. The reviews say that’s it’s a very readable modern translation, and unlike the anonymous 19th century translations (which most editions use) it doesn’t bowdlerize and secretly cut out the most scandalous bits.

I also want to advise you to be careful in selecting an edition because many abridged editions do not advertise themselves as such! Caveat empetor! If it’s under 1000 pages it’s probably abridged, unless the pages are very big and/or the font is very small. Abridged editions often run in the 600-700 page range, which makes them look substantial but they are lies (unless they clearly say they’re abridged, in which case they are being honest but still not what you want).

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jehnt replied to your photo: What a great picture of Eugenie. She looks ready...

my favorite part of this picture is the man on the left who looks Very Concerned that pretty lady is gonna cut a bitch

I think that’s her father, and he is concerned because he knows his daughter. This is a distinct possibility.

(There’s a scene where her fiance is talking to a friend, and the friend says something about how lucky the fiance is to be engaged to a woman in the mold of Diana, and the fiance responds that he’s afraid of meeting the fate of Actaeon. LEGIT.)

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berrysphase replied to your post “akitla replied to your photo: What a great picture...”

I love Eugenie so much

akitla replied to your post “akitla replied to your photo: What a great picture...”

I do love her, confirmed.

We are all in love with Eugenie. It is a universal condition u_u

(I didn’t even post some of the best bits because I’m now making a nominal effort to cut down on spoilers. The bit about the shield around the breast of Sappho is always hilarious though - like Dumas basically just took a big red pen and wrote the word “LESBIAN!!” in the margins.)

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