All 3 Uses of
dissertation
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- In ten minutes after the strangers had departed, Franz was on the road to the Piazza de Spagni, listening with studied indifference to the learned dissertation delivered by Albert, after the manner of Pliny and Calpurnius, touching the iron-pointed nets used to prevent the ferocious beasts from springing on the spectators.†
Chpt 33-34
- No; by your brilliant and almost sublime conversation you have elevated me above the ordinary level; we no longer talk, we rise to dissertation.†
Chpt 47-48 *
- "I am prejudiced against Beauchamp," said Albert, drawing Franz away, and leaving the former to finish his philosophical dissertation with Debray.†
Chpt 73-74
Definition:
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(dissertation) a lengthy academic paper -- especially a scholarly work required for an advanced academic degree