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The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)

113 reviews
Alexandre Dumas père

Penguin Classics, 2003

An AMAZING book!
Wow. I am so glad to have bought this book. I cannot put it down! At first I must admit I was intimidated by its size as well as the period it was written. I find that many period books are really dense and difficult reads. Not this one at all!!! Easy to read and such a gripping tale! It draws you in and you do not want to put it down. I am so glad that I am reading the unabridged version because ...

3 Muskateers/C-23/Pocket Classics

5 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Academic Industries, 1984

A great tale!
The Three Musketeers is one of those stories you not only read, but consume. It is not for everyone. The wording is unique, the story action-adventure-romance, with a delicacy of character that reflects the times the author lived. It is, however, so worth the read. If you have never entered the world of Dumas, The Three Musketeers is a wonderful introduction. There is a reason this tale is a ...

The Three Musketeers (Barnes & Noble Classics)

11 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

The Three Musketeers-- A Timeless Tale (S. Black)
Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers is a thrilling tale of courage, loyalty and love. Anyone who enjoys a fast-paced, intelligent adventure will be intrigued by this story, centered around a young man from the country, D'Artagnan, on his quest to join the ranks of the king's musketeers and later to win the heart of the woman he loves. The story begins in a small town in France in the 17th ...

Le Vicomte De Bragelonne

18 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Editions Flammarion, 1997

Focus of the Story Changes
If you are reading this review, you have probably already read the Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. You are wondering if it is worth it to continue with the series. If you decide to go on, you have three more 600+ page novels ahead of you. That is a lot of time and energy. If you are foremost into the swashbuckling aspect of the Musketeer stories, I would not go forward. The ...

THE COUNT OF MONTECRISTO

12 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

YOYO USA, 2002

One of the best pieces of literature
This is the best novel ever created. It tells about a man, Edmont Dantes, who gets captured on his day of wedding by policemen. He had to sit in prison all his life, for a crime he did not do. The story tells how this enigmatic man escapes from prison, becomes overwhelmingly rich, and one buy one hunting down his enemies who put him in prison, not physically, but psychologically. I read this book ...

Queen Margot or Marguerite De Valois (Miramax Book)

8 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Miramax, 1994

A true classic
Alexandre Dumas pere was a master of story telling. If he was still living today he would definitely write some of the most popular television series. This is how this novel reads, as a TV series, and this is also how it was written, since it was first released in 2 page instalements in 19th century french daily newspapers. Every page ends in some sort of dillema or with an item a ...

Twenty Years After

58 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Everymans Library, 1982

Porthos Eats His Way Through Europe
It is truly amazing how many people don't have any idea that the Three Musketeers appear in more than the novel of the same name and "The Man in the Iron Mask." I must admit that for many years I was in that category myself but I was absolutely delighted to find that their adventures continued in this book and I must say that I found the exploits in this book to be almost as thrilling as the ...

Count of Monte Cristo

382 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Amereon Limited, 1986

The 2nd best book ever!
except for the Bible, this is the best. It is the full and undiluted version from the first english translation. read it, learn it,live it. j

The Count Of Monte Cristo

8 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Books on Tape, Inc., 1989

Dumas'Classic Tale Of Intrigue And Adventure
Alexandre Dumas, author of "The Three Musketeers" and the "Man In the Iron Mask", has given the literary world the adventure novel, forever bringing it to the level of the classic. The Count of Monte Cristo is mainly a story of revenge. The Romanticism in which the novel is characterized and the Napoleonic France for the setting, sets the mood for this nearly psychologically thrilling story that ...

COUNT/MONTE CRISTO (Bantam Classic)

5 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Bantam Classics, 1984

My all-time favorite book!
This book is so wonderfully written. I read it every year, and every year I feel like I am reading it for the first time because it is so thick and so full of life. The characters are so real--I can breathe their breaths and hear their words and smell their clothes. It is the most amazing book!

The Women's War (Penguin Classics)

2 reviews
Alexandre Dumas pÃ¨re

Penguin Classics, 2007

A Surprise
I didn't realize this book existed and what a delightful adventure in reading it was! I am very impressed with the dialogue, especially. It is full of witty repartee and I actually found myself chuckling at the tongue-in-cheek humor as well as the clever sarcasm it contains. It actually reads like a script at points and being a visual person I could 'see' it all happening. I would heartily ...

The Man in the Iron Mask: A Drama in Five Acts

2 reviews
Alexandre Dumas, Narcisse Fournier, ...

Impressions, 2001

A very cool lost masterpiece
Dumas doesn't pull any punches with this (recently discovered) play. This story is bleak, and has many elements of Greek tragedy. This is tragedy in the classic sense -- circumstances occur that do not cause an immediate problem (the birth of twin Princes to the Queen) -- but which clearly will lead to some sort of anguish (potential civil war, one child potentially losing his freedom, etc) -- ...

Kean

2 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Editions Flammarion, 1998

A shame it isn't better known
My first trip to England in the early 70's was the highpoint of my theater-going experiences. I was lucky enough to see Alec Guiness in "Voyage Round My Father," the Peter Brook production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and a young Ian McClellan playing the lead in "Kean." All were unforgettable, but this play still sticks in my mind as being among the negelected masterpieces of 20th century ...

The Three Musketeers

4 reviews

Neeland Media LLC, 2004

A Pleasant Surprise
The only reason I picked up the book was because it was one of "those" books in the school library. You wanted to read it for the points, but everybody who picked it up gaze up and put it back down. *I* even tried to read it once and gave up. But I'm always up for a challenge. The next year I checked it out and informed everybody I knew that I was going to be one of the first people in our school ...

The Count of Monte Cristo (Barnes & Noble Classics)

2 reviews
Alexandre Dumas père

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

A must read!
Simply put, I love this book. What a great book to introduce to students interested in historical adventures, and this one is spot on. It's one of the great adventure novels, with lots of action, well-written characters, important issues, and can be read quickly because of its compelling storyline. Also, there is the deception factor,which makes for great storytelling, but in this case the ...

Los Tres Mosqueteros

2 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Silver Burdett Press, 1990

Aventuras,Honor,Valor y algunos buenos lanses
Un libro clasico de aventuras sin Igual, Esta gran Obra publicada en La francia del Siglo XIX por Alexandre Dumas fue originalmente vendida en fasciculos al publico parisense e inmediatamente logro ser un total exito. Hoy en dia hemos oido mucho sobre los tres mosqueteros tanto en el Cine como en T.V pero ninguna obra sera tan buena como el libro, esos pequeños detalles que ningun director a ...

The Three Musketeers (Great Illustrated Classics)

4 reviews
Alexandre Dumas, Malvina G. Vogel

Abdo Publishing Company, 2002

Wonderful
This book was my son's (age 7) introduction to the "classics". We read it together, a few pages a night. He really got hooked, and is now eager to read more books like it. I highly recommend it. The content is written in a way that a young bright child can follow it, but is not too babyish for an older child. It has a black and white drawing on the right side of each written page, which helps ...

The Three Musketeers (The Classic Collection)

3 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged, 2005

classically rich
The characters of D'Artagnan, Aramis, Athos, and Porthos are so beautifully described in the book, it was one real joy of reading the story overall. Cardinal Richelieu, too, took on so much more than the typical two-dimensional "evil villain" character; we see much more to his personality than a review of his schemes. I found him to be more interesting than the character of Milady, who could be ...

A Masked Ball and Other Stories (Pocket Classics (Stroud, Gloucestershire, England).)

2 reviews
Alexandre Dumas

Sutton Publishing, 1997

oh, GREAT!
A Masked Ball is a very very short story, but a GREAT story! Right from the second paragraph it got me so interested and caught-up I swore I'll never do anything else before I finish it. Well! It's short, so I finished it in 5 minutes, but I read it again, and again and again for 3 times, THEN I put it down! Dumas definately have his way to capture the reader's attention, even with only 5 ...

Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker

2 reviews

Penguin Classics, 2007

Holiday Classic
For weeks, I debated whether or not I should buy this particular version when there are others much cheaper. In the end, this was a fantastic find! This version of "Nutcracker and the Mouse King" is the original work written by E.T.A. Hoffman. The beginning comes with a brief introduction examining both the story and the ballet. Mr. Dumas, who wrote the alternate version, is also briefly ...

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