"The Wife of Monte Cristo" or "The Son of Monte Cristo, Vol. I" by Jules Lermina (1881)
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