How to Read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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———————————— 0:00 why read The Count of Monte Cristo 2:30 how to choose the right translation 4:00 on the Robin Buss Penguin translation 5:00 the influential anonymous translation 6:00 Buss’ approach to translating Dumas 9:00 translation comparison taste-test 13:00 the first readers of Alexandre Dumas 14:00 on the story’s serialised publication 15:00 the benefits of delayed gratification 17:00 the golden age of serial literature 18:00 Monte Cristo’s publication history 19:00 Alexandre Dumas’ writing process 20:00 collaborators in the fiction factory 21:00 Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet 21:30 Alexandre Dumas’ historical frames 22:30 how to pace your reading of this book 24:00 how to appreciate great storytelling 25:00 studying popular imaginative literature 26:00 the influence of romance stories 27:00 on Classicism vs Romanticism 28:00 protect yourself from plot spoilers 29:00 why do we read great literature? 30:00 how to befriend Alexandre Dumas 31:00 meeting the great writer’s father 32:00 on Napoleon and French History 33:00 inspiration from the real life Monte Cristo 35:00 Dumas’ love of Shakespeare’s Hamlet 36:00 how Dumas originally began the story 37:00 relating to the pain of Edmond Dantès 38:00 appreciating the character of Abbé Faria 39:00 how to bring yourself to the story 40:00 on the themes of revenge and justice 42:00 on the power of communal reading