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It can also be read that Monsieur Léon d’Armilly is a trans man, escaping to his freedom. He does seem more comfortable once he changes out of feminine dress.

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“Then, with a rapidity that showed this was surely not the first time that she had, for fun, put on the clothes of the other sex, Eugenie pulled on the boots, slipped into the trousers, rumpled her cravat, buttoned a high-necked waistcoat up to the top and got into a frock-coat that outlined her slender, well-turned waist.”

— Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo

My favorite subplot is the lesbian couple who run away to Italy to join the opera.

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The count of Monte Cristo is one of those heartwarming tales which shows that with dedication, hard work, cunning, and a windfall of a hundred million dollars, dreams can come through.

Even if that dream might be revenge.

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Dumas expects us to believe after 14 years in prison, and no food for 24 hours, the Count of Monte Cristo can swim 7 kilometers in a storm at night.

Seem legit.

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How to become a polymath in two years, Count of Monte Cristo style.

All you need is free room and board and a dedicated private tutor, and no responsibilities to distract you with.

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Dumas seems skeptical about Italy’s chances of unification, just four years before the unification wars begin. Of course, it was also twenty seven years before they unified.

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The “mad abbé” of Count of Monte Cristo provides an interesting reading list:

Thucydides
Xenophon
Plutarch
Livy
Tacitus
Strada
Jornadès
Dante
Montaigne
Shakespeare
Spinoza
Machiavelli
Bossuet

I have read half of those, which makes me want to read the rest.

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I realized that Dumas starting the Count of Monte Cristo on February 24th, 1815 is like Tom Clancy starting a novel on September 7th, 2001. To contemporary Frenchmen it would be obvious what major events are about to transpire.

These days only real grognards know that Napoleon’s return from Elba is imminent.

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