Section Four: The Weird and Wacky World of Monte Cristo
Section Four: The Weird and Wacky World of Monte Cristo In my explorations of abridged editions, children's editions, comics and manga and derivative works, I'd run across some unintentionally hilarious things. The two available unabridged books (intended for an adult audience) have some subtle humor, as written by Dumas, but that's not the subject of this page. It's in the adaptations where the comedy gold lies, because some play so fast n' loose with the material. Some of them are bad translations. Some of them are from attempts to make the story "exciting" or to wallpaper-over some of the more NSFK elements (or even add NSFK elements). Some are from rewrites that make characters behave in bizarre ways. All of these made me laugh, and brought out my Inner Snark Monster(tm)! The Prisoner of If, in Ainsworth's Magazine. 1845, Credited to Wm. H. Ains