anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english?
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anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english? went looking for my copy and can't find it, and looks there are about a bazillion different annotated versions out there, but also that the original might be like 1800 pages long?! def not the copy i had, and now i'm curious! #books #bookstodon
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anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english? went looking for my copy and can't find it, and looks there are about a bazillion different annotated versions out there, but also that the original might be like 1800 pages long?! def not the copy i had, and now i'm curious! #books #bookstodon
@abbotbee Yes! The best translation out there is the Penguin Classics edition, translated by Robin Buss. It runs to 1276 pages.
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anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english? went looking for my copy and can't find it, and looks there are about a bazillion different annotated versions out there, but also that the original might be like 1800 pages long?! def not the copy i had, and now i'm curious! #books #bookstodon
@abbotbee In case you are interested, the Library of Congress' copy is available for download at https://www.loc.gov/item/06042822/
