I like how Abbie often pairs her book reviews with coffee. I have to admit that I do spend a lot of my reading hours with a cup in hand.
I’ve read both The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, as well as a few other of Dumas’ books. I found them interesting, but not exactly edge of your seat material. But then time changes a lot.
Heroes, adventure, duels, the high seas, and of course love. These french classics have it all, and their literary mastery are well admired. I have a soft spot for epic tales and romanticism, and I hold these three among favorites.
Here are my favorite French presses:
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.
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