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coquelicoq · 2 years

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Quoique d'une pâleur presque livide, cet homme [Simbad le Marin] avait une figure remarquablement belle; ses yeux étaient vifs et perçants; son nez droit, et presque de niveau avec le front, indiquait le type grec dans toute sa pureté, et ses dents, blanches comme des perles, ressortaient admirablement sous la moustache noire qui les encadrait. (p. 346)

WE HAVE ACHIEVED MOUSTACHE I REPEAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED MOUSTACHE

#now is it a fake moustache? that remains to be seen #(the context for this is that i've always wondered how dantès manages to pass as so many different people and my theory is that he just #has a fake moustache collection)#actually i should keep a running record of the physical descriptions of his different personas #the most salient part of this one is his pallor. the narration even goes on about it more after the part i excerpted #so fake moustaches and face powder. that's my revised theory #the count of monte cristo #my posts #'le type grec dans toute sa pureté' hmm not loving that description but can't say i'm surprised as this book is. quite racist.#the beginning of the book is fine but that's mostly because edmond is in prison by himself lol #now he's out in the world and we're meeting other characters and he's doing all sorts of shit in the middle east and north africa #i mean we don't see him do it but he talks about it #can't wait (sarcastic) for the part where golden boy maximilien morrel talks about his valiant service as a violent imperialist #spellcheck is telling me that moustache is spelled wrong but i don't see it and i won't respond to it #uh pretty sure it's an accepted variant. so zip it bigmouth

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