The Abbreviated Monte Cristo

The Son of Monte Cristo, Vol. II by Jules Lermina (1881) Jules Lermina Back for more agony? Must know what the Lermina-verse has in store for the Count of Monte Cristo? I have the full scoop! I read this entire piece of trash so you don't have to! For people looking for Part 1 of my Jules Lermina book review, it's on a separate page and you can read it here! Read review of Book I (Lermina) By the way, there are 1940's era movies also titled "The Son of Monte Cristo" and "The Wife of Monte Cristo". These have nothing to do with the books by Jules Lermina. The movies are Hollywood productions with their own screenplays and writers, capitalizing on the success of the none-too-book-accurate 1934 movie, "The Count of Monte Cristo" starring Robert Donat.  BOOK II: Part 3: Fanfaro "The Adventures of Fanfaro" follows the new main-character that we'd JUST MET. None of this involves The Count, Haydee, or ...

The Wife of Monte Cristo or The Son of Monte Cristo, Vol. I by Jules Lermina (1881) Jules Lermina While doing some searches on the Internet for "more Monte Cristo", readers have no doubt located some references to books: The Wife of Monte Cristo and/or The Son of Monte Cristo, or sometimes, Monte-Cristo and the Countess . A lot of these editions are vaguely worded as " The [...] of Monte Cristo , sequel to The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas." But don't be fooled! They are not by Dumas. They were written by Frenchman Jules Lermina, who lifted whole passages from the original, and "continued the journey" of the Count, his friends and enemies. There are 2 different English-Language translations/edits. I had read the shorter one (translated by Jacob Abarbanell), so it might be possible that the longer one has fewer plot holes. Since this is dreck anyway, I will not be reading the longer one. I did a quick peek, and the...

Greven av Monte Christo Warning: SPOILERS GALORE! Greven av Monte Christo . 246 minutes, screenplay by Sven Lange. 1965, pub: NRK Television (Norway). Starring: Knut Risan. Director: Kent Nilssen, Alfred Solaas. This was really, really filmed on a budget and is the source of unexpected laughs. The very first scene has a geographically-challenged map of Europe . The Pharaon's landing in Marseilles is a tabletop model ship , with a fan blowing its little sails! Chateau D'if is a tabletop cardboard and plaster model! That said, the camerawork is superior to the 1964 BBC production, without the "up your nose/ face taking up the entire screen" shots of the British show. I don't understand the language, and there's no English subtitles, so I'm attempting to follow along using visuals only. The first part in Marseilles introduces us to Danglars and Fern...