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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...

Hope is Swift by Seanan McGuire (October Daye, #13.1)

HOPE IS SWIFT is a novella included with most editions of THE UNKINDEST TIDE.

TITLE: Hope Is Swift
AUTHOR: Seanan McGuire
PUBLISHER: Daw Books
YEAR: 2019
LENGTH: 53 pages
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
RECOMMENDED: Yes

Queer Rep Summary: Genderqueer/Nonbinary Secondary Character(s), Trans Minor Character(s).

This is a short and bittersweet story from Raj's perspective, about responsibility, danger, love, and growing up.

CW for grief, kidnapping (backstory), confinement, medical content, car accident.

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A pale woman with dark brown hair and pointed ears stands at the railing of a wooden ship, a dagger loosely clasped in her right hand. An orange sunset glow lights the scene.

 

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