Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. The cold steel door of Nicolas Sarkozy’s cell swung shut on Tuesday as the former French president and legal trouble enthusiast began his prison ...

If you’re a fan of epic revenge stories, classic literature adaptations and drama with spectacular visuals, you will be swept away by The Count of Monte Cristo. This new TV adaptation of Alexandre ...

The Count of Monte Cristo is getting another adaptation, this time with Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons. As previously announced, the new series will premiere on PBS through PBS Masterpiece following its ...

On October 2, 2025, in Monte Cristo Highway, Utah, USA, @cajaaw shared an amazing video showcasing the breathtaking autumn scenery. In the video shows captures the brilliant fall colors along the ...

The Gaithersburg Book Festival’s annual high school poetry contest is open for submissions. This year students are asked to craft a poem on the topic “What Is Humanity?” First and second place winners ...

I’ve been on the ultimate classic book reading kick lately. The two books that have captured my attention most ardently (Jane Austen fans, see what I did there?) are Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and ...

THE WORLD Is MINE—William Blake—Simon & Schuster ($3). This 741-page historical melodrama about “a modern Monte Cristo” is an unusual tale. Most extraordinary thing about it is its echoes of Christina ...

Mercifully, this one fillets it down to a paltry eight episodes to accommodate the contemporary attention span, and, with the aid of lots of plush locations but not a great deal of dramatic subtlety, ...

The Count of Monte Cristo, the new period drama starring Sam Claflin, is now streaming in the UK. Based on Alexandre Dumas's classic 1846 novel, the series sees Claflin portray Edmond Dantès, a French ...

“No matter how many times I revisit it, I find new lines to appreciate,” says the fantasy writer, whose new book is “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by In an ...