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Two Essays on The Count of Monte Cristo

I love The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I have read the unabridged version more than once, and my most recent reread was in 2023. At that time, I wrote a couple of brief essays which I posted on Tumblr, one of which was about a canonically queer character and the other discussed a character who is often left out of the various adaptations. I present for you these essays with expansion and alteration, because I keep returning to them as pieces of writing and because I don't want them to be limited to those original posts. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout, as well as new patrons DivineJasper and Sasha Khan. (Quotes are from Robin Buss’ English translation of Alexandre Dumas’ work.) Link to Audio Version. ----- Canonical Queerness in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas You’d need to change surprisingly little of The Count of Monte Cristo to confirm Eugénie Danglars as a trans man (or a masc-leaning nonbinary person...

Midnight Angel by Kevin Klehr

*I received a free review copy in exchange for an honest review of this book. 

Midnight Angel is short and sweet, laced with the supernatural but mostly about infatuation, dating, and the awkwardness of a declined holiday party invitation. Good for when you want to feel a little bit wistful and hopeful at the same time.

No major CWs, which is a nice change of pace for me.

Red berries on twigs, slightly out of focus on a pale background.


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