What is Reddit's opinion of The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)?

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I started reading this, made it about 30% through, and it was slow moving. Then I read some reviews, and discovered the Robin Buss translation in the Penguin Classics version. SO much better! It just flows.

It isn't free - actually it is a $9 ebook. But the difference is worth it.

That's what the general consensus seems to be. Would this be the one to get?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RI9KL8/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_.wL.ybM0GBBXG

The only thing I'm confused by is the page count. Amazon says this version is 396 pages, so I feel like it's abridged in some way. Maybe it's just a typo though.

I'm finding it easy to follow actually. I'm reading the Penguin Classics edition translated by Robin Buss ( Amazon.com: The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) eBook: Dumas, Alexandre, Buss, Robin, Buss, Robin: Kindle Store )

I haven't read other translations but I highly recommend this one. As I said, it's really easy to follow, and it also has a nice Notes section at the end. To be honest I found some of the notes to be a bit too much, but others really helped to give some needed historical context.

“The Count of Monte Cristo”...Penguin publisher Robin Buss translation (https://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics-ebook/dp/B002RI9KL8)

You can get a cheaper version but the Buss translation is supposed to be good (so far very enjoyable). Story is great...I love all the Kindle features which really add to the depth of understanding the history and backstory of the writing.

This one is unabridged and said to be the best translated. I read this book a year ago and it still evokes some raw emotions for me. It's by far the best book I've ever read.

They've done a good job of making the Penguin version for kindle easier to find.

Of course it is $6 more than the free version in the public domain but i think it is one of the times the extra cost is valid.

Hey Now!

Schedule: As suggested in a post on /r/YOLM I think we can break each of the 117 chapters up into three parts or allow three days between discussions. That will give us 351 days of reading and get us pretty close to a full year. We can also take on longer chapters as needed and maybe allow 4 or 5 days at the mods discretion. We'll have 14 days wiggle room.

Translation I am going for the Robin Buss translation (Penguin Classics). Seems like the one that is the most recommended in the two places I looked. And it has footnotes...I like footnotes.

If there are any Audible listeners this one seems to be the most liked.

As in previous years for War and Peace and Les Miserables I intend to get a physical copy as well as purchase on kindle.

Edit: added links

I stand corrected. The naxos version is unabridged. I recommended the Penguin Classics edition to go along with it.

https://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics-ebook/dp/B002RI9KL8

this might be what you are looking for http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics-ebook/dp/B002RI9KL8

there is some pretty cool stuff within literary fiction like the Iliad, the Odessy, (both of which I have yet to read, but really want to.) Count of Monte Christo (fantastic book, give it a read), Farenheit 451 (also fantastic), anything by Alexander Pope (the rape of the lock is exceptional and short, and tumblrinas would have a fit at the name, not realising that it means 'kidnapping hair'), anything by Orwell, and plenty more that are considered literary but are great.