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    The Count of Monte Cristo
    The Count of Monte Cristo
    The Count of Monte Cristo
    Audiobook (abridged)57 minutes

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Written by Alexandre Dumas

    Narrated by Iman

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    This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short easy to understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom back ground music.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEDCON Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2011
    ISBN9780848113483
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    Alexandre Dumas

    Frequently imitated but rarely surpassed, Dumas is one of the best known French writers and a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers. his other novels include The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask, which have sold millions of copies and been made into countless TV and film adaptions.

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    • 4/5
      Read in abridged audioImpeccable French...Covers all pertinent events acceptablyThis obviously is not for the hard core Monte Christo devotee.But it's wonderful for those of us that simply want to catch the story(again).
    • 5/5
      Just a rip-snorting good read; full of revenge, pathos, love, and adventure.
    • 5/5
      One of my all time favorite Classics! This just has the feeling of a TV series or a soap opera with the high drama and swashbuckling - fast paced action, unrequited love, treasure, it's all in there. It may look like a thumper, but it doesn't take long to get through!
    • 5/5
      One of the best.The unabridged edition could definetely be one hundred pages shorter but even so this book kept me fully immersed and interested throughout it's nine hundred dense, small font pages.
    • 5/5
      2021 review: reread via BPL audiobookThis unabridged audiobook narrated by John Lee made me bump up my previous rating from 4.5* to 5*. This (very) long novel reminded a bit of Victor Hugo in places with long digressions into minor characters' stories, though being Dumas even these were generally pretty exciting.While I have enjoyed several film adaptations, none of them have the complexity of the novel (and most make some sort of significant change to either plot or character). I am so glad that I decided to reread this and in an unabridged edition!
    • 4/5
      This was a read-aloud by a local librarian and gave me something to look forward to every day during covid lockdown. It took 59 days to read; it is very long. (Good work, Christina!)

      Colorful adventure story or meditation on providence and revenge? You decide. Although I must say, if you're going to punish those who done you wrong it certainly pays to be immensely wealthy.
    • 4/5
      I loved Edmond Dantes as a hero until his cruelty, the first of many, to the Nigerian man who became his slave.
    • 5/5
      I'm so glad I finally read this book. The story is truly epic, along the lines of other massive world-changing literary works like Don Quixote and Les Miserables but what I find the most engaging about this book is Dumas' writing style. The way he writes was one of the most beautiful things I've ever experienced while reading a book. There were times when I re-read a paragraph or a page, not because of the content, but because I wanted to re-absorb the beauty of his lines. I find myself in absolute wonder after finishing this book.
    • 5/5
      Reading the unabridged version meant that there were some parts that dragged at times (Benedetto's backstory in particular), but other than that, this book was very capable of hooking me in and staying fairly exciting through to the end.
    • 4/5
      Complex story. Multiple story lines. Edmond takes on multiple identities. Edmond Dantès is betrayed by multiple people due to jealousy, envy, a desire to protect their own interests.
    • 3/5
      A wrongfully-imprisoned man unhatches an elaborate revenge scheme.3/4 (Good)If you want to spend a couple months reading the same book, this one's pretty good for that.(Sep. 2021)
    • 4/5
      Now, I want to watch a movie to see what they felt could be left out.
    • 5/5
      What an incredible story. The moral is quite simple. There are some people you just do not underestimate. I cannot begin to imagine what thoughts ran through our character's head while he slept at night or how he managed to keep things in enough order to stay ahead of those who wronged him. A sad heartbreaking story but also one of redemption.
    • 3/5
      Wanted to read a classic after a number of detective books. A long haul of a book that is about 700 pages too long. Obvious w little to no character development w the first 300 pages interesting and th elast two hundred rushed. But a look at early 19th century France that was interesting and he did have some interesting scene descriptins and a rare insight or two.
    • 5/5
      The classic story of an innocent man wrongly, but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him.
    • 5/5
      I hadn’t read this book in decades, although it was one of my teenage favorites. I was wondering if it would stand the test of time.First, the Penguin Classics translation by Robin Buss is magnificent, and makes clear many points older translations make fuzzy. While as the translator’s introduction points out, this book is now relegated to the YA category, this is in fact an adult book, with very adult themes.While Dumas is perhaps one of the first great masters of genre fiction, this book transcends that classification. Besides being a riveting story, it is also a brilliant and unsurpassed meditation on human nature, right action, justice and revenge and the ethical ambiguity & complexity of all these.Read this book and this translation. Despite the books length you will find it hard.to put down and have much to ponder after reading it.
    • 5/5
      Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is simply one of the greatest novels in all of literature. It is an epic tale of adventure and intrigue, betrayal and revenge, mischief and murder, romance and redemption. It is a remarkably long and complex story with myriad characters that manages to hold one’s interest and still leave the reader yearning for more even at the end of its nearly 1,250 pages. The unabridged Penguin Classics edition with Robin Buss’s smooth translation and solid Introduction is the easily the version of choice. This is a book to be savored, with re-readings certain to deepen one’s appreciation; however, I will not watch any of the film adaptations, as they are sure to pale in comparison, and will inevitably alter the matchless mind’s-eye visuals that the book has created.
    • 3/5
      A flawed yet still worthwhile masterpiece that shows the prowess of Dumas in creating a character that seems, and feels, real.
    • 5/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo" and am very thankful a monthly challenge prompted me to pick this book up, as it really wasn't on my radar. It turned out to be right up my alley and the type of book I really enjoy.The book centers on Edmond Dantes, a 19-year-old French sailor whose enemies get the better of him, leaving him in jail for over a decade before he makes his escape. Dantes becomes obsessed with meting out justice -- revenge against those who destroyed his life, and favor for those who remained loyal. There are some great twists and turns (as well as some tangents, but I didn't really mind them) in this book and I enjoyed seeing where Dantes' efforts for retribution landed. I thought this was a pretty fun read overall.
    • 4/5
      A fantastic story of retribution and revenge. I took the plunge reading the unabridged version and although it took a while to get into, I couldn't stop reading once the Count had been fully unleashed. I kept expecting negative things to happen to the protagonist but instead, pure revenge. It was great to read through and this one-sided dynamic didn't get boring at all.
    • 4/5
      This story is mostly a very long adventure story with themes of revenge. Dante's is harmed by evil people. He goes to prison where he is without hope but he manages to survive. As the Count of Monte Cristo, he takes his revenge on others by setting them up to destroy themselves. I thought I would really like this story but I often found myself not liking it, not liking the main character and not liking the whole revenge as it also seems wrong. In the end, I needed to remind myself that this is an adventure story. The ending was also displeasing. I did not think it fair to have to mourn for 30 days the death of a loved one. I understand why he did it, it just seems so cruel. What right does the Dante have to act as God? I thought the story was way too long, covered too much territory and I am glad I listened to it instead of read this huge overwritten book. That being said, I would read it again and I think I might enjoy it more with a second reading. Rating 3.83
    • 3/5
      Everyone in this book is bat-shit crazy.
    • 5/5
      Oh, ho, the unabridged version! I've seen the 2002 film, though not the 1934 film. Looking for something interesting to read among the classics, I chose this one recently. In full disclosure, my medication has left me quite unable to sleep like a human being, so I've had a lot of extra time to tackle this book rather quickly (relatively speaking). Unlike other longer books I've read from this period, it's been a breeze to get through, and quite enjoyable. Also, it's another example of a book being superior (and quite different to, in many respects) any film adaptations. My edition isn't exactly this one, as many books I read (when not from the library) are actually on my nook (though I select the closest approximate on this website), and it has a few spelling/grammar/format errors here and there (not prohibitively so). I'm only encouraged to read more works by Alexandre Dumas, who seems to have led quite the interesting life himself!
    • 5/5
      Oh, this is So. Good. The story of Edmund Dantes, his misfortunes, rise to riches and his deliciously intricate revenge is just as fabulous as the details of all of the intertwining characters and stories following along in his wake. A long one, but I was so sad for it to end. Dantes also enters the ranks of fictional fantasy boyfriends (move over, Mr. Holmes, and Gen, and...).
    • 4/5
      Long but enjoyable
    • 3/5
      I found this book an absolute slug to get through. At times I couldn't put it down (e.g. his stint in prison) and other times I could find every excuse in the world to not read it. Mostly the latter was my experience with the book and maybe because of the slow read, many stops, only reading it for minutes at a time, all contributed to me finding it a tough read.
    • 5/5
      A great story about people, life and human nature.

      Revenge may be sweet, or not so sweet.

      The interweaving of many characters showed how life isn't predictable with one person, let alone the responses of those around them. A true 'life' book that shows things don't always turn out 'happily ever after.'

      A true work of literature showing how we want to be like God and reward evil. We find that we are not God and should not try to be Him.

      Our family has taken two years to read this book together. It was helpful to read out loud. When we would forget who this character was, someone else could remind of who he was, especially with all the foreign names and titles.
    • 5/5
      This translation by Robin Buss is fantastic. I accidentally read an abridged edition and felt cheated.
    • 5/5
      No revenge story will ever measure up after reading this. Dude is the Revenge Master, level infinity. He was framed and sent away to prison for life as a young man. After fourteen years in prison, he escapes and plots and amazing comeback. He doesn't rush in and screw it all up. It takes twenty-three years overall, but everyone who even stood next to someone that looked at him funny gets theirs. He totally wrecks and ruins every single one amazingly. Wow, he was dedicated.
    • 4/5
      When I started this book, all I knew of the plot was from the movie: Edmond Dantes gets wrongfully jailed, Dantes escapes jail, Dantes becomes rich, Dantes exacts revenge on the people who threw him in jail. But given it's nearly a thousand pages long, it comes as no surprise that there's a whole lot more to it than that. First of all, there are three people responsible for the jailing, and by the time Dantes returns for revenge, all his enemies have grown children with their own little dramas. There are loads of characters, but there's enough repetition in the narration that it's not too terribly difficult to keep track of who's who. And I found I enjoyed it a lot more than I'd expected. I mean, I liked both of the Musketeers novels I read, but this was on another level. And while I was disappointed with Mercedes's story arc and I thought Dantes's relationship with Haydee was kind of creepy, overall it was a really great story.