Urn:lcp:countofmontecris00alex_0:epub:fae124e1-553b-433a-bb36-499149720222 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier countofmontecris00alex_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6zw53698 Isbn 0553210319ĩ780553213508 Lccn 56010489 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0. The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. Back in the early nineteenth century just about any old rich dude (nabob, meaning a man of great or conspicuous wealth is a good word for those types) could. I have it in French, but also an English version first published by Collins of London and Glasgow in 1884, with an introduction by Richard Church, which curiously enough doesnt name the translator. ![]() Also, the Chapman and Hall translation is from 1846. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite books and Ive read it countless times. These novels had large casts of characters, complex plots with numerous intertwined subplots, and central dramas involving love, revenge, and shifts in class or identity. Most reviews comment that his translation is the most lively, and reads as though the work had been originally written in English rather than French. The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic example of the mid-nineteenth-century European serial adventure novel. Urn:lcp:countofmontecris00alex_0:lcpdf:0a09fdfa-f32b-4464-9017-d2b480768f2f The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) Kindle Edition by Alexandre Dumas (Author), Robin Buss (Introduction, Translator) Format: Kindle Edition 7,554 ratings 1 Best Seller in French Literary Criticism See all formats and editions Kindle 9. Robin Buss seems to be the most popular and respected modern translator of this work. (Download) The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) eBook PDF Description The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translation Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. Lowell Bair (Translator of The Count of Monte Cristo) Discover new books on Goodreads See if your friends have read any of Lowell Bair's books Join Goodreads Lowell Bair’s Followers (2) Lowell Bair edit data Combine Editions Lowell Bair’s books Average rating: 4. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 02:27:56 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA169701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Toronto Donorīlogistics Edition Bantam classic ed. Robin Busss lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumass original.
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