Theosophy was really gaining ground at this time, too. Everyone talks about the 1960’s as this huge new age spiritual shift but the roots and seeds of this began in the 1890’s…
Known as the gay 90’s (not a joke look it up)
Of course the late 1800’s also had a viral pandemic and a huge stock market crash or two, both known as “Black Friday.”
Black Friday (1869), the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a US financial crisis
Black Friday (1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873
(From 1889–1890, a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic took place, resulting in 300–900 million infections and 1 million deaths)
We tend to focus on the Spanish Flu, and the other black stock crashes.
It is most associated with October 24, 1929, known as "Black Thursday", when a record 12.9 million shares were traded on the NYSE in a single day (as compared to an average of four million),[1][2] and October 29, 1929, known as "Black Tuesday", when about 16.4 million shares were traded.[3]
Now, Black Friday means go out and commercialize Christmas by charging up the cards.
Everything goes back to the dutch tulip market and the chosen people who were excommunicated to new amsterdam (ny ny) to create their little scheme there.
Now you have Blackrock, ran by one of the tribe, using Aladdin’s algorythms (yes its an actual super computer named Aladdin because it controls d’jinn— it has its own wiki)
I read it quite a while ago but it would be an interesting re-read as it is very "political" and I wasn't quite as versed in "politics" at the time of reading.
Still, a good book, especially if you like Dumas.
I was just looking at his wiki, and he also has a book called Castle Eppstein; The Spectre Mother. Hmmmmmm......
Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Oh, and Hollywood— OF COURSE!
Seriously, read this entire article.
Theosophy was really gaining ground at this time, too. Everyone talks about the 1960’s as this huge new age spiritual shift but the roots and seeds of this began in the 1890’s… Known as the gay 90’s (not a joke look it up)
Of course the late 1800’s also had a viral pandemic and a huge stock market crash or two, both known as “Black Friday.”
Black Friday (1869), the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a US financial crisis Black Friday (1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873
(From 1889–1890, a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic took place, resulting in 300–900 million infections and 1 million deaths)
We tend to focus on the Spanish Flu, and the other black stock crashes.
It is most associated with October 24, 1929, known as "Black Thursday", when a record 12.9 million shares were traded on the NYSE in a single day (as compared to an average of four million),[1][2] and October 29, 1929, known as "Black Tuesday", when about 16.4 million shares were traded.[3]
Now, Black Friday means go out and commercialize Christmas by charging up the cards.
Everything goes back to the dutch tulip market and the chosen people who were excommunicated to new amsterdam (ny ny) to create their little scheme there. Now you have Blackrock, ran by one of the tribe, using Aladdin’s algorythms (yes its an actual super computer named Aladdin because it controls d’jinn— it has its own wiki)
Have you figured it out yet, anon?
Ever read The Black Tulip by Dumas?
I read it quite a while ago but it would be an interesting re-read as it is very "political" and I wasn't quite as versed in "politics" at the time of reading.
Still, a good book, especially if you like Dumas.
I was just looking at his wiki, and he also has a book called Castle Eppstein; The Spectre Mother. Hmmmmmm......
I should check these out. I really enjoyed Count of Monte Cristo and it’s weird anime adaptation Gankutsuo.
Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Yeah, I don’t remember the hashish Jam, either!
Did you know Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the first people in the world to try nitrous oxide/laughing gas?