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Alexandre Dumas

sparkchaser said:
Where is HermioneWeasley these days, anyway?
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staggering under the load of homework for eight academic classes.

Lucifer: I'm glad you're liking Dumas. When you're finished with those two novels, perhaps you'd like to discuss them with me in detail? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Also, if I may inquire, which translation are you reading?
 
I didn't have trouble getting through 20 Years After, but I'm still stuck in the middle of Vicomte de Bragelonne. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I read The Man in the Iron Mask first? I don't know. But I do plan on getting through it.
 
Lucifer: I'm glad you're liking Dumas. When you're finished with those two novels, perhaps you'd like to discuss them with me in detail? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Also, if I may inquire, which translation are you reading?
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Its a Wordsworth Classics book and doesn't give the name of the translator.

Just finished 'The Three Musketeers". I thoroughly enjoyed it.
No piece of work had me glued to it as this one did( this may partly be because of my penchant for romance and adventure).

'The Count of Monte Cristo' will take quite some time for I being a Computer Science student gets very little time for literature.
 
Ok, I better write it down or I'll forget. Libraries and bookstores give me that deer-in-the-headlights feeling so it's good to have a list handy. ;)
 
a comp sci major intrested in Dumas - that doesn't happen often! What were your thoughts on the Three Musketeers?


Fantasy Moon: If you would like a larger list of easy-to-get(i.e. recently translated) Dumas books, let me know! I can recommend lots. With names of translators and all that.
 
HermioneWeasley said:
a comp sci major intrested in Dumas - that doesn't happen often! What were your thoughts on the Three Musketeers?
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I like or should I say simply love literature, so ignoring Dumas was impossible.

'The Three Musketeers' is an enchanting tale of romance and adventure.
The language is crisp and one is not bogged down by its complexity( which instantly made me like Dumas).
While reading it my imagination worked overtime and I lived the adventures life of D'Artaganan(blame my romantic imagination) and enjoyed the wonderful company of Athos, Porthos and Aramis.

I enjoyed it more than anything I have ever read.
 
Well, I have a romantic imagination too. I make up three musketeers type stories in my head when I'm bored.

You might be interested in reading Stephen Brust's Phoenix Guards, it's a sort of fantasy rewrite of the Three Musketeers, very amusing and well written, but it does parody Dumas' language a bit (you'll admit he sometimes purposefully draws out conversations).
 
HermioneWeasley said:
Well, I have a romantic imagination too. I make up three musketeers type stories in my head when I'm bored.

You might be interested in reading Stephen Brust's Phoenix Guards, it's a sort of fantasy rewrite of the Three Musketeers, very amusing and well written, but it does parody Dumas' language a bit (you'll admit he sometimes purposefully draws out conversations).
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thanks for the recommendation.
I will try to get my hands on it.
 
Fantasy Moon -
I know you're read the Count of Monte Cristo and the Three Musketeers (+ sequels). Here are some other suggestions:

La Reine Margot, translated by David Coward, Oxford World's Classics. It has good notes, too. The sequel is La Dame de Monsoreau (countess of Monsoreau), which is a bit more difficult to find, but I"m sure you can get it through interlibrary loan.

Georges, translated by Tina A. Kover - this is a very strange novel by Dumas, because he discusses the subject of race. I'm not sure what to think of it, but it is certainly similar to Monte Cristo and some of his other works.

I feel like I'm forgetting something, I'll think of it eventually, I hope...
 
I picked up The Three Musketeers at the library and I couldn't put it down after. I laughed so hard! What a great book. The Count of Monte Cristo is on my "on deck" list, and I plan on reading it soon. :)
 
I've read The Count of Monte Cristo (amazing, one of my favourite books) and The Black Tulip. I'm planning to read The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask soon (I'm really hoping the later is better than the atrocious Leonardo diCaprio movei!).

Can anyone recommend another Dumas book for me to read after these ones please?
Thanks :)
 
The novel is most certainly better than the atrocious Leo diCaprio movie. However, it is also the third part of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, which is the sequel to 20 Years Later, which is the sequel to the 3 Musketeers. So, you may want to read those first...

And don't watch the 2002 movie based on the Count of Monte Cristo. It's also atrocious.

As for more recommendations, I absolutely love the Valois trilogy. The first novel is La Reine Margot (there's an Oxford World Classics translation), but I prefer the second in the series, La Dame de Monsoreau. It's quite easy to find online and at libraries. The third in the series is called The 45, which is also decent. Dumas is also a wonderful playwright (that's how he became known), so I would suggest his play Henri III and his court, Antony, and The Tower of Nesle. His "horror"/gothic fiction is also quite good.
 
HermioneWeasley said:
The novel is most certainly better than the atrocious Leo diCaprio movie. However, it is also the third part of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, which is the sequel to 20 Years Later, which is the sequel to the 3 Musketeers. So, you may want to read those first...

And don't watch the 2002 movie based on the Count of Monte Cristo. It's also atrocious.

As for more recommendations, I absolutely love the Valois trilogy. The first novel is La Reine Margot (there's an Oxford World Classics translation), but I prefer the second in the series, La Dame de Monsoreau. It's quite easy to find online and at libraries. The third in the series is called The 45, which is also decent. Dumas is also a wonderful playwright (that's how he became known), so I would suggest his play Henri III and his court, Antony, and The Tower of Nesle. His "horror"/gothic fiction is also quite good.
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Thanks.
So, to make sure I have it in the right reading order, it goes: The Three Muskateers, 20 Years Later, The Man in the Iron Mask?
 
AsherNZ said:
Thanks.
So, to make sure I have it in the right reading order, it goes: The Three Muskateers, 20 Years Later, The Man in the Iron Mask?
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Not exactly. Here it is:

1. The Three musketeers
2. 20 years later
3. The Vicomte de Bragelonne, divided into 3 parts:
1. le vicomte de bragelonne
2. Louise de la Valliere
3. The Man in the Iron Mask
 
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