Book Club Date: May 17 – August 15 with multiple dates for meet ups over the summer – TBD (all other details like location, etc will be in our book club GroupMe)
Description:
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s, Dumas was inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment when writing his epic tale of suffering and retribution.
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How do I remember what I read?
More About Annotating
There are so many ways that people annotate what they are reading, ranging from super simple to highly complex. Search YouTube or Google different options that resonate with you. Below are some introductory ideas to get you started.
Sticky Tabs for Annotating — These are my favorite because you get so many colors. Grab a set, you won’t regret it.
Super Easy
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Other Helpful Tools
Chapter summaries, plot summaries, character lists, and context notes can be found at Course Hero, here. LitCharts is another alternative offering a study guide for the book, find it here.
Examples of Character Maps, which could be helpful in making your own while reading. Many of these contain slight spoilers so be careful in how much detail you look through them — I offer them up as visual inspiration only.
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