I've read all of the English translated works of Dumas that I can find in stores and I know he may have used 'assistant' writers in the past... I'm wondering if this is an error that can be attributed to that... I believe I read somewhere that he wrote Monte Cristo all by himself though so...
I'm curious if anyone has noticed in Chapter XL (Breakfast) Dumas is sitting around with Albert, Maximillion, and Renaud and Albert mentions that Dumas uses the title 'Sinbad the Sailor'.
This has to be something that Maximillion would have picked up on. It's made evident when he goes over the letter in chapter LI and reads it in front of Edmond. If that was the most important letter that he had ever read, why wouldn't Max' have figured out the whole scenario in the beginning? He should have had that letter memorized.
If anyone has an answer please let me know. Dumas is my favorite writer and I'd like someone to prove me wrong.