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[jmanna]

"It's pronounced Doo-mahs!"

The translation I read of The Three Musketeers was craptacular and did no justice to Dumas' writing style.

The translation I read of Twenty Years After was Oxford World' Classics and I found it a lovely rendition.

Twenty Years After reunites the illustrious heroes twenty years after the events that lead to the defeat of Cardinal Richelieu. The world has changed. Regencies are threatened by Cromwell and the Fronde movement. The elegant and ritualized court has been shaken by revolution and politics.

This book is, for me, huge. Nearly 800 pages, not including footnotes explaining cultural and historical references. Still a very good story. I think I need to read a translation of The Three Musketeers yet I think state this story is better written then the previous series. The storytelling is more solid, perhaps because Dumas knew he would be writing an complete story rather then adding to existing, disjointed serials.

Like the original Three Musketeers, there is good fast paced action. There is more character depth and the intrigue is even more complex. I found it a damn good read.

[jmanna]

800 freakin' pages.

Cripes. I'm going to read a pile of children's book or something to gain back my whimsical view of literature.

Course I have Anna Karenina sitting on my shelf. Couldn't find it without a blasted Oprah sticker on it.

*weeps*

[Samurailynn]

Don't cry, jmanna. Stickers are removable.

[jmanna]

This one isn't...dammit.

[shaw]

[jmanna]

Haven't read it yet, but I will. And then I'll know.

[Samurailynn]

Hey, I actually just started reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. My book doesn't have a sticker though. That's probably beacuse it's a hard back. A cute little "modern library" edition that was only two bucks more than the paperback copy.