Public domain books are not present in our everyday pop culture because nobody is making a profit from them. So the media ecosystem just doesn’t discuss them.
Public domain books are not present in our everyday pop culture because nobody is making a profit from them. So the media ecosystem just doesn’t discuss them.
Not only do “they” say Count of Monte Cristo is good (whoever “they” are), it’s one of the most adapted books out there.
It’s been made into a bunch of movies. My favorite is still the 2002 version, but the French just put one out this year or last.
The ABC soap opera/thriller Revenge is based on it. And it’s so good.
There’s an anime series set in the far future that is also based on it. The art style will take some getting used to, but the story is solid. It’s a closer adaptation than Revenge is, just being a shift from past to future.
I don’t think there’s been a bad adaptation of it. Maybe there has, I’m sure they can’t all be winners, but it’s pretty good… when someone disagrees about which Count of Monte Cristo movie is better, they’re rarely wrong. A lot of them have good points.