Just finished pic related. I enjoyed it a lot and am probably going to start the Count of Monte Cristo tomorrow. Is this considered real literature or just the 19th century's answer to action movies?
Did you read 20 Years After?
Dumas was by no means considered 'real literature' and got a lot of authors salty in its time because of his sucess in periodicals and such.
I love his works, and i am working on reading all (read 23 of his books atm).
>>9030225
Its babbys first step in reading well received in retrospect 19th century French /lit/
Basically in progression
Dumas>Hugo>Zola>Stendahl>Balzac>Huysmans
>>9031324
Which of course prepares you for Proust
Basically 19th century action movies. Dumas writes fun stories, but they're not very deep.
>>9031324
>Stendahl>Balzac
>>9031324
Hugo is greater than all people after him.