I don't know what may have affected you so, but I myself found the book to be quite dreary in it's telling, hardly the swashbuckling tale told by the Hollywood film, of a man betrayed who reinvents himself to get revenge and restore his good name, although that is the nut of the story.
A bit blunt for a Saturday night, but time won't let me dispute it...good night and good morning sir!
Good Morning, Sir Frank. I've just watched the first PBS episode of The Count of Monte Cristo, which didn't cheer me up much.
I don't know what may have affected you so, but I myself found the book to be quite dreary in it's telling, hardly the swashbuckling tale told by the Hollywood film, of a man betrayed who reinvents himself to get revenge and restore his good name, although that is the nut of the story.