All 4 Uses of
mania
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Do not say that, Debray," returned Beauchamp, laughing, "for here is Chateau-Renaud, who, to cure you of your mania for paradoxes, will pass the sword of Renaud de Montauban, his ancestor, through your body."†
Chpt 39-40
- "He seems to have a mania for diamonds," said Morcerf, smiling, "and I verily believe that, like Potemkin, he keeps his pockets filled, for the sake of strewing them along the road, as Tom Thumb did his flint stones."†
Chpt 53-54
- Some are affected with the mania of which you spoke just now, that of living again in their grandchildren.†
Chpt 95-96
- —mad!" repeated Monte Cristo; "and what was his mania?"†
Chpt 113-114 *
Definition:
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(mania as in: mania surrounding the big event) extremely strong enthusiasm -- often widely shared for something in particular