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The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my most favourite books. I love that book so much, I've read the book in paper form several times and in electronic form even more often. I generally read it at least once a year, and often won't be able to put the book away (or PDA, in my case). So, I generally finish it within the month, with ease...
Why I do love this book? It has so many emotional moments, without becoming drama. I think Dumas was a master in creating great opposites. First, Edmond is the happiest person alive, and then he's thrown in prison for 14 years. But it's not all bad, as he meets Faria, who becomes like a second father to him. Slowly, but surely, his level of happiness grows again. Only to turn to pure hatred when he finds out who did this to him.
When he's in Paris, he is the coldest person alive (as in emotionally), but those flashes of warmth we see (when he meets Maximilian) are such an opposite to this, and I always have tears in my eyes when he finally admits he's Edmond Dantes, who saved Monsieur Morrel those years earlier. Compare that scene to the one where he confronts Ferdinand.
I always feel spent after reading that book, and often I just want to start reading it again, immediately after.
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