Period. the podcast

Alison Thoet de Castillo & Maea Lenei Buhre

A podcast about all things Period...period adaptations that is.

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Period. the podcast

Episodes (8)

Sep 29th The Count of Monte Cristo: Revenge, Justice, and Adaptation with Claudie Bernard
Aug 27th Netflix’s "Little House on the Prairie"
Jul 30th Emily Wilson on Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey"

Period. the podcast

Sep 29, 2026
53 minutes
37 MB

Host Alison Thoet de Castillo interviews NYU French professor Claudie Bernard about Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo and recent screen adaptations, including the PBS Masterpiece series, the 2002 Kevin Reynolds film, and French versions. They outline the novel’s revenge-driven plot and Edmond Dantès’s “death and resurrection” transformation into the godlike Count, then discuss how adaptations compress the 1,000+ page story and alter tone, character arcs, and psychological depth, including the series’ more doubting, human Count and its use of hashish. Bernard emphasizes the novel’s central philosophical and historical concerns with law, justice, and priv...

Period. the podcast

The Count of Monte Cristo: Revenge, Justice, and Adaptation with Claudie Bernard

Alison Thoet de Castillo & Maea Lenei Buhre

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