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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 EugĂ©nie Danglars as a trans man (or a masc-leaning nonbinary person...

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The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Long Night at Lake Never by Eric David Roman

Mid May Reviews (2022)

The Vampire Prince by Darren Shan (Cirque Du Freak #6)

The Family Trade by Charles Stross (The Merchant Princes #1)

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

The Ones We’re Meant To Find by Joan He

Black Tide by K.C. Jones

Late April Reviews (2022)

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4)

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski (Forgotten Gods #2)

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

Parasite by Mira Grant (Parasitology #1)

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami