The Count of Monte Cristo
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4.2 • 38 Ratings
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- £0.99
Publisher Description
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.
Customer Reviews
Wow
This is an absolute mammoth of a book, but wonderfully satisfying! I disagree with some of the other reviews, I think Adam’s done a brilliant & clearly loving job narrating, his accents really brought it to life for me. An excellent buy for 99p! So many happy hours of listening.
Excellent
This is a wonderful story and very well narrated. Good value too as it’s such a long book. Thank you
Annoying French accent
I absolutely agree with another reviewer - this could be a great audiobook, but I personally found the attempted french accents to be really distracting from the story. I would recommend trying one of the many other options for this book.