I think as an over all character he was interesting to me from start to finish - his early years seemed like they just needed fleshing out to stand alone as an interesting story and his later years were just fun to see, as he steers events to look after his granddaughter despite being immobile. He is a really good character all the way through.



True, I was thinking he'd need to not the Valentine side to his character as that was what seemed the biggest flaw in both him and Raoul as characters - both so in love with their respective women that they don't have enough else to them.
And The Last Cavalier was mostly bad because almost every chapter we were reminded of how he could juggle cannon balls etc. If he'd been less superman and we'd not been reminded he was all the time, I think it would have been more interesting.



I think Fernand overshadows Danglars as he is really unbelievable but Danglars still seems too fast for him to have risen on his own, given the level he starts at. I think for both Dumas has sacrificed credible rises for getting them to a level where the Count has to work to destroy them and not simply swat them, as he would at their previous levels.



I do, I think she would have been much more interesting if there had been a hint that she might not be all sweetness and light but was putting on an act while secretly poisoning her way to what she wanted.



It is a bit. There is a good range of female characters so it is interesting to see how Dumas treats them.



It was on the Count's part but it I thought there was a clear undercurrent from her that he was what mattered to her and not just as a father but as a man.
It seemed a bit strange from him though, as not long before he was trying to set her up with Morrel and treating her as a daughter then suddenly he has realised she is the one for him. It felt very rushed.