I've loaned The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas at my local library, and I love it so far.
But I'm curious.. The book is in my native language Norwegian and was published in 1953. I am currently on bind 1 (or volume 1) out of 3. But just bind 1 is 370ish pages. But the versions released in 2008 AKA the modern releases, consist of a single book at 472 pages.
So my question is, are modern books so much more condensed with text that I'm reading the exact same amount just spread across 800+ pages? Or am i actually reading more content than what todays versions offer?
by OompaLoompaGodzilla
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There exist a lot of abridged versions of The Count of Monte Christo, versions where an editor condensed it to the basic storyline to sell more copies to customers who don’t want to commit to a 1.300+ page novel. But The Count of Monte Christo is, in its proper form, a novel of roughly 1.300 pages, anything less than that is not the Alexandre Dumas’ intent. What you’re reading even seems like it’s abridged, if its 800 pages, though differences could also lay in more words on a single page, so smaller font, differences in language, etc.