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He can converse with aristocrats and authoritative figures with such confidence that it blows my mind. Part 2 showed how much Dantès has grown in knowledge of the world. He helped those who were good and didn’t do anything against him, and intends to punish those who did.

But I think that how he handled the people he knew was fair. I also asked myself why he was helping Franz and his friend so much, what is he going to get from it? And where did Franz come from? There must be something, I don’t think he would just help out of the goodness of his heart. I felt the same, first, as I mentioned before, it could take a while to see that the person talking to Franz was Dantès, and I had to go back too and check if I had missed something or read something and forgot it (it happens sometimes). Was there a particular encounter or disguise of Dantès that you enjoyed? When the point of view switched to Franz, I was not too thrilled about it though I kept reading out of curiosity and to figure out the connection between Dantès and him. After this, we meet Dantès as the representative of Thompson and French, Sinbad the Sailor and then finally in Rome as the Count of Monte Cristo. He dangled a fortune in front of Caderousse and gained all the information he needed. But I think it was fair for him to track the people he used to know.ĭantès pretends to be a priest and meets up with Caderousse to learn more about his people. Many times another chapter started and a few pages in I noticed that that character was in fact Dantès.

After finding his fortune on the island of Monte Cristo, Dantès spends time finding out what happened to the people he used to know and confirming the revelations he had about his situation while Abbe was still alive. While in Part 1, we had access to Dantès thoughts and struggles, Part 2 is about seeing him through the lens of other people. I noticed that the storytelling changed a little. Give the kids the “Classics Illustrated” comic book version, any of the 3 existing ones, for an easy-to-read and truer picture of Dumas’ classic story.The Count of Monte Cristo: Goodreads LinkĬontent Notes for Part 2: Depictions of death, illness, injustice, kidnapping, murder, suicidal thoughts, bankruptcy.Ĭonstituting chapters 22-38 and almost 250 pages, Part 2 of The Count of Monte Cristo was an interesting section. Don’t give this to children to introduce them to the masterpiece, ”The Count of Monte Cristo” because all they’ll get is 1/4 of the story and a made-up fan fiction ending. this starts off so well, and falls completely apart in the end. Then Dantes is seen sailing away with Mercedes. The fates of Danglars and Caderousse are dismissed in 2 quick sentences(!) as “Danglars left the country” and “Caderousse is very poor” (!!!). Dantes does not become an agent of justice, revenge, retribution or Divine Providence. Dantes arrives just in time to see his sick father (who Mercedes has been tending to) before the older man dies. The pacing is almost as good as the abridged Robin Waterfield and Lowell Bair versions.īut, then this version launches into fan-fiction territory, and everything during and afterwards is quickly condensed to one chapter. That said, everything up to Dantes’ return to his hometown of Marseilles is paced pretty well, with just the right amount of detail for younger readers. Really! This version completely removes Fernand Mondego, but, since 3/4 of Dumas’ original story was cut, that doesn’t matter too much. almost everything post-treasure-discovery was cut. This children’s edition is only 68 pages, and, when looking at the Table of Contents, it’s fairly obvious why.