At night, the student dormitory where Diana lived finally showed signs of quieting down, she came out of the bathroom in white pajamas, her golden wavy hair was coiled up, and her skin stained with water vapor was white and ruddy to make people have the urge to take a bite, the environment of her dormitory was not bad, the room was spacious and had its own toilet and bathroom, the relative layout was relatively simple, except for the bed to be used for sleeping, there was a wooden table with more than a dozen hardcover books stacked on it.

Diana didn't really like to read, but she couldn't find any other pleasure in life than reading.

On her desk now is a simple book, The Leonard Publishing House Novels, which publishes a collection of all the novels that participated in the call for submissions. Because of Leonard's publishing house's fanfare, this collection of novels is quite famous in the city of Elroy, and it sells out quickly when the bookstore sells out.

She sat down and flipped through the collection of novels, and naturally turned to one of the pages, which was marked with the title "His Daughter", and looked at the content as she recalled the warm memories of the hour over and over again, and a warm smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The novel is still just the beginning, about a merchant who has a particularly mischievous daughter, and Diana knows that all the plot will develop, and the merchant's daughter will leave the merchant and go to the metropolis of the kingdom, where she will fulfill her dream of becoming a painter.

Diana is the author of the novel, and despite her disdain for the subject of the call, she participated in the call for papers from Leonard.

It's not a contradiction, she never thought about winning an award, she just wrote it and let the reader see it.

Revisiting the novels she had written, Diana noticed that the thickness of the second issue of the novel collection had increased a lot compared to the previous issue, and there was an extra novel name on the novel catalog that was not on the first issue of the publication list - "The Count of Monte Cristo".

What is the title of the book? Which historical figure is the biographical story?

Diana turned to the table of contents page of the novel with some curiosity, and after reading it for a while, she suddenly noticed that the story was set in the kingdom of Augustine, and the historical background she had recommended to Harvey Adrian, and Harvey had indeed said that it would be used as a background for the novel.

It's him?

Diana was bewildered, her fingertips swiping over the pages, Harvey was social, but she didn't think Harvey had anything to do with her academy circles, so why did his work get selected.

"It's a strange way of writing, making up words and sentences is completely different from the traditional way of writing, but it clearly writes different characters and places." After reading the first chapter of "The Count of Monte Cristo", Diana noticed a huge difference in the way the novel is written, the style of this novel is not very complicated, and the literate person should be able to understand the meaning of the expression, but it will not give people a boring and empty reading feeling at all.

It is certain that Harvey's ability to write novels is not as good as that of the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas, but the writing will not be much worse, in the era of the information explosion, the language itself is also evolving, on the one hand, this is where Harvey is troubled, and on the other hand, it is also the innovation in "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Is this still the novel she is familiar with? The person who wrote such a novel or her notorious fiancé, Harvey Adrian?

Diana read it in one sitting, pausing from time to time to turn back a few pages, carefully chewing every sentence and word of the novel. Unconsciously, her expression became serious, forgetting anything other than the content of the novel, and was attracted to the content of The Count of Monte Cristo itself.

The night deepened, until she turned to the last page, and Diana was stunned that "The Count of Monte Cristo" was published for the first time with less than 30,000 words, and the unfolding plot firmly attracted her desire to read, and she felt that reading was a pleasure for a long time, and she could find pleasure in it and look forward to the subsequent development of the novel's plot.

Compared with her own novel "His Daughter", Diana has to admit that Harvey's novel can be more attractive, the characters, the control of the plot, and the plot itself are quite good.

Harvey didn't copy exactly the beginning of The Count of Monte Cristo, and as a long-time reader of online novels, he still knows the principle of the golden three chapters, and in any case, the beginning of the novel must firmly attract the reader. Therefore, the plot at the beginning of "The Count of Monte Cristo" has been cut a lot, and the whole is compact and exciting.

"I can't draw conclusions just yet, maybe it's just a coincidence."

Slender and soft closed the collection of "Leonard Press Novel Collection", Diana felt a burst of unbelievable absurdity, no matter how you look at it, "The Count of Monte Cristo" does not seem to be from the hand of a person without any literary literacy, but it does use the historical background of the Augustinian kingdom.

Is it just a coincidence that the author of "The Count of Monte Cristo" is signed by Alexander, and it belongs to another person?

Only Harvey knows that Alexander is the name of Alexandre Dumas, the original author of The Count of Monte Cristo, and his full name is Alexandre Dumas.

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The second issue of Leonard's collection of novels was officially published, and many readers noticed that the second issue of the collection had an extra novel, and there was no too much explanation to arouse readers' curiosity.

Many readers are deeply attracted by the plot after reading the newly added "The Count of Monte Cristo", although "The Count of Monte Cristo" has not yet proposed the main line of revenge, and the wonderful plot itself is much better than other works of "Leonard Press Novel Collection". There are also some readers who disdain that there is no too much flowery rhetoric in "The Count of Monte Cristo", and the plain dialogue between the characters cannot arouse their love for words and shake their perceptual cognition, so they criticize "The Count of Monte Cristo" for not having the beauty of classical literature at all.

Every day, the Leonard publishing house newspaper randomly publishes reviews from readers to increase popularity, and the most popular and praised novel is a novel called "Wild Rose", which tells the story of a commoner-born courtesan who struggles in the social world, criticizing the luxurious and corrupt life of the upper class social world. The novel is well written and highly praised by the reviewers of Leonard's publishing house, and the newspaper has a selection of novel reviews that seem to have been created for the novel, full of amazement and admiration for the work.

"Oh my God, this is a very wonderful work, and you can see between the lines that the writer himself knows a lot about the social world, and I really wish I could see more about the social world."

"Poor little Judy, as a commoner, the only way to blend into the social world is to cling to those big shots, and I hope she can have a good ending."

"This is a great work, the writer must be a novelist with rich literary accomplishments, every line can touch my heart, every time I read it, my thoughts are like the boundless sea can't be calmed."

The Count of Monte Cristo received a positive review in the second issue of the newspaper review section, by Pran García, a reviewer for The Count of Monte Cristo.

"This is an innovative novel, the plot and text with the author's unique and strong style, the integration of dramatic elements, each character has rich lines, full of images, and the fierce plot is a masterpiece."