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If you haven't read "the count of Monte Cristo", do it now (lemm.ee)
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Holy shit! This book is insane. I'm half way through it, and I can't even express how I feel about this book. Masterpiece? Doesn't give it justice. I've never done this in my life over a book (and I've read well over 500 books for the last 30 years), I got emotional during some parts of this book. I have ADHD and it's very hard for me to focus when reading, unless it's an extremely good book like this I guess. This probably sounds silly to some. The reason why I'm only just finding out about this book is because I'm new to the West. An immigrant if you will, and never heard of this book until a couple of weeks ago. If you haven't read this book; I highly recommend it. Alexandre Dumas is a genius.

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[–] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

for any Dracula enjoyers https://draculadaily.substack.com/about is fantastic! since the book is journal format you get an email with that days journal entry on the dates they happened

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an epistolary novel - it’s made up of letters, diaries, telegrams, newspaper clippings - and every part of it has a date. The whole story happens between May 3 and November 7. So: Dracula Daily will post a newsletter each day that something happens to the characters, in the same timeline that it happens to them.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That sounds really cool, although we'll have to wait until next year to experience it from the beginning.

[–] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago

I know folks who do it every year since the amount you have to read on any given day is so small!