Except, I Lied

[sek8586]

That's not the most interesting thing in my life! I also finished "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo" yesterday, which is something like 1400 pages long (in two volumes) but is a totally excellent book which, if you have not read it, should be required reading for everyone who likes tawdry tales of revenge, romance, closet lesbians, and a main character

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[errantben]

Although I have not read the French version (a tragic lack indeed), it's still one of my favorite sort-of-swashbuckling adventure books. Although I don't remember the closet lesbians. Maybe I was too young to notice that the last time I read it. I do like how the protagonist is so tremendously flawed (as you say), and the ridiculously complicated ways that he ends up manipulating everyone. Much fun.

[sek8586]

Haha. Remember Eugenie Danglars and how everyone talks about how masculine she is, and how she runs off dressed as a boy with her "friend" Louise (who is mysteriously -always- in Eugenie's room)? But I could see how that could get lost on younger readers. :)