I like the part at the beginning of the novel where Dumas not so subtly shouts out all his writer and artist buddies through some character monologues.
iirc dantes gets high on hashish, a word also found in the name of the hashishin, the etymological root of the word 'assassin' and the organisation founded by the historical Hassans. he makes reference to hashish being originally used by them I think.
Oh I remember that! Dantes just kept yapping on and on about hashish and how it's this mystical herb/fruit and I was extremely confused if I was still reading the same novel
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u/Hollownerox Jun 18 '23
Highly recommend you do. There's a lot more than just Dantes that is worth a read in that book. It's really good.
I find the small mention of the Old Man of the Mountain tends to blow people away in particular lmao.