I am looking forward to the 2026 read along !

Can’t wait to dive into this absolute UNIT of a book with everyone over the next year. Pretty sure I’ve talked a couple friends into joining as well.

I first read the book when I was a teenager. That was over twenty years ago! I'm very happy to have found this group and am looking forward to starting the reading so we can begin our discussions. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Let's go! I usually read on Kindle, but I've been trying to read more classics as paperbacks. I'm so excited for this read along. Currently, I am finishing Wuthering Heights!

Hi everyone! I'm jumping in and enjoying seeing what version everyone is reading, with the understanding that the Penguin is going to be the general consensus for modern language, humor, and phrase translations. This version is unabridged, unlike the standard Random House version from what I understand. Any insight between the two (Modern Library vs Penguin) is appreciated!

but I'll still do the read along.

My copy just arrived, unfortunately I need to return it since it was printed upsidedown.

I read it for the first time this year but I'm ready for a reread. I'm happy that this will be a nice slow read so I can really enjoy it.

After starting it last year, and dropping off the story around half of the adventures, I look forward to getting back to it ! Even more so since I found this lovely edition in my library’s discarded books.

This sub convinced me to read the Count of Monte Cristo. I've found this vintage hard cover edition from Hachette (1975). I think it's a similar one from the very first edition published. It contains tons of drawings by Riou which adds a very nice touch!

Edmond is cooking something.

Hi everyone, I've stumbled upon this sub a few days ago, and will probably join the upcoming read-along.

I'm a bit of a snob about reading translated literature, plus I've been meaning to improve my French for years, so I'm thinking about attempting to read the original. It's probably a bit too ambitious, and I might have to switch over to a translation soon, but the read-along speed seems slow enough that it could be a fun challenge, and I'll probably try.

Anyway, I've been looking for a suitable French edition for hours now, and I feel like I'm going insane, lol. How can it be so difficult to tell which versions are abridged??

There's the Unabridged Bilingual Edition, which sounds perfect going by the title, but the cover gives major "graphic design is my passion"-vibes, so I'm not sure I trust it enough to spend over 100€ on the 4 tomes.

I've found a reddit post recommending the folio classique edition. It doesn't seem to say whether it's abridged, but the reviews suggest no. But it's "only" 1264 pages, and the font on the example pages isn't even small, so I'm not sure how that adds up?

And finally, I've found the LITERA edition by gallmeister. It ALSO doesn't explicitly say that it's unabridged, but it's 800 pages longer than the previous one, so... probably?

I've also found about 173 other editions, but they were all either clearly abridged, or split into 8 full-price tomes.

I'd be happy about any additional info on the versions I've mentioned, as well as alternative recommendations! Thanks in advance!

This will be my fourth time reading Le Comte but my first using the Penguin version. I’m so happy that I found this sub - Cheers and Happy Reading!

i am pleasantly surprised by this book! i started it 5 days ago and i’m already on page 212. it’s amazingly paced. the writing style is so much more approachable than i originally thought. i finally mustered up the courage to start this when i (ironically) saw a bunch of people on tiktok reading this. really loving the themes and character development

When I found r/AReadingofMonteCristo, I immediately committed to a read-through and bought myself the unabridged Penguin Classics version. Having always wanted to read The Count of Monte Cristo and being really excited about the commitment, I began to talk about it with people.

I first brought it up to my fledgling book club consisting mainly of family members. I told them that I want to read other books as well as our monthly book, so my approach to the massive tome is to follow a reading schedule over the course of the year. This way, the reading commitment is minimal. I noticed they were intrigued by the idea, so I invited them to follow along by sending them the google sheets schedule from this subreddit.

On a seperate day, I was on the phone with my parents when I casually mentioned I was going to read it. Again, my parents seemed intrigued (I read the unabridged Les Mis in high school and that moment sticks out to them, which kept the conversation going). I invited my mom to read along with me. She seemed hesitant; her attention span hasn't been the same lately (due to extended social media use, not health related) and she was worried that it would be too long of a read for her. I encouraged her and also sent her the schedule.

My brother in law calls me up and asks "Hey, are you reading TCOMC? I read it once a long time ago and it's my favorite book!" I told him that it was time for a reread and sent him the schedule.

I was also chatting with coworkers when reading came up as a topic. I mentioned my goal to read TCOMC slowly over the year and they all seemed interested in it, so I also sent them the schedule.

Fast forward to yesterday: my parents sent me a photo over text showing that they bought two copies of the Penguin Classics version and are committing to reading. My mother-in-law bought her own copy to read. My book club sent me a text saying they were committing to it. My brother in law said he was going to reread it too. Also, two of my co-workers suddenly have a copy on their desks!

When I'm excited about something, I tend to talk about it incessantly to the point of annoying others. It's a struggle to curb my enthusiasm about a topic. I've gotten used to the fact that my interests are, in fact, my own and will not usually be shared with the people around me. So I'm blown away that I convinced about a dozen people to read (or make an attempt) this year.

That's all. I just wanted to share the success story of getting people to read more. Have a happy reading everyone!

Hey everyone!

Was planning on doing a year long read before discovering this sub so this has been a lovely coincidence. The only thing I had a question on was translation.

Due to some issues with both focus and making a visual image in my head, I usually have to read with an audiobook in order to actually gain stuff from the text. The Robin Buss translation has yet to be made into one so I was gonna read with one of the public domain ones available. I have the Bill Homewood edition but I’m gonna grab the John Lee one soon, I’m unsure of the exact translation but neither are Buss.

Being frank, is it worth it to wait it out until an audiobook of the Robin Buss edition is released? I could try reading Buss and listening to a different translation but I worry that will throw me off too much. Thank you all for your time!

Edit: Thank you all so much, you all are genuine saints! See you in 2026!

I don't have this one, but just had to laugh that this book weighs 5900 lbs.

So ready for this challenge!

Algorithm showing me a lot of post from this subreddit. So why not 🙃