Reading Under the Lilacs discussion

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès 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.


Hello everyone! Every excited to read this with you all. I hear such great things and now I can experience it for the first time with all you!

Can't wait to start!

Hello, Hello! I believe there are two others that wanted to join us. But for now, you want to discuss our goals for every week with this book?

The Count of Monte Cristo is made up of 117 chapters of roughly equal size (since it was originally serialized), so we could probably read it pretty fast all things considering!

Sure! I don't know how much I can read right now because I have to defend my thesis in a couple of days, but after that, I have more time.

Should we read up to chapter 10 by 17-18? Which is almost 90 pages. Or would you prefer lowering it to chapter 5?

10 chapters should be possible :)

Awesome! Excited to see your thoughts :D

Okay, I reached chapter 10 today and so far I'm really enjoying it!
I'll put my thoughts in the spoiler tags, just in case.

(view spoiler)[So, at first I was kind of confused since Dumas has a weird habit of writing two conversations at the same time. I'm talking about the moment Caderousse visits Dantès. They're talking and suddenly they refer to a previous conversation between Caderousse and Danglars. Took me a few times but I got the hang of it haha. Same with addressing the reader though. It was a bit weird and sort of distracted me. (hide spoiler)]

My favourite moment is probably in chapter three!
(view spoiler)["You talk like a noodle" I don't know what it's supposed to mean, but I know for sure I want to use it someday 😂 (hide spoiler)]

How about you?

Hello! I haven’t started yet bc Gwen just so graciously sent me a reminder message today. But I will be catching up and reading along!

I forgot my book at home while I'm spending 2 weeks somewhere else, lol. But I'll catch up when I get back home!