![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. 'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.' The Guardian Sue Arnold, The Guardian Book Description: Dantès escapes, finds the treasure, buys a peerage and sets about his revenge. He is sentenced to life imprisonment at the notorious Château d'If, where, 14 years later, a fellow inmate, a priest on his deathbed, reveals the whereabouts of a massive treasure on the tiny island of Monte Cristo. Edmond Dantès, a charismatic young seaman, just promoted to captain, is framed by jealous rivals, falsely accused of being a pro-Bonaparte spy and arrested minutes before his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes. Dumas père is chiefly remembered for this, for The Three Musketeers, and for fathering Alexander Dumas fils, author of La Dame aux Camélias. ![]() It would be about as satisfying as booking a table at Le Gavroche and ordering scrambled eggs, but 52 hours, I agree, is a long haul. The novel has been translated into English several times, usually in abridged. The novel’s episodic structure, large cast of characters, and frequent shifts of scene reflect its origins as a serial. This is definitely a masterpiece of literature.If you are already dismayed by the length and price of this famous story of revenge set in France against a backdrop of turbulent Bonapartist politics, you could cop out and buy the two-CD abridgement for £10.99. The Count of Monte Cristo, an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas, was originally published in serial form between 18. I often found myself playing the detective, trying to piece together seemingly separate events that all seem to come together in the end. Dumas weaves such a splendid narrative, one in which all the characters are connected and none are wasted. The unabridged volume is kind of daunting, but reading this particular abridged version will help draw you into the story and hopefully like in my case, give you a larger incentive to eventually try the unabridged version. The younger generation of characters which includes Albert and Maximillien also bring an aspect of friendship, love, and loyalty into the story. The Count of Monte Cristo - FULL AudioBook Greatest AudioBooks Part 1 (V3) S P E C I A L O F F E R try Audiobooks. As the Count of Monte Cristo, he saves those who are abandoned and good people, earning their loyalty because of his sincere goodness to them. Yet, the previously jovial and good-natured Edmond is not completely lost after his experience in prison. Alexandre Dumas is way too wordy, I hate listening to scenes where its tons of sitting in a room catching characters up on back stories. Nevertheless, he carries out his plan until the end. I would like to readd this book to my To Listen list, but I want to get an abridged version from a company like Audible. ![]() As the Count of Monte Cristo, he reintegrates himself into their circle and stages the scene for his revenge.Įdmond constantly places justice on the same plate as revenge but there are times he faces a moral crisis as to whether his vengeance is justified. The wronged Edmond Dantes finds himself confronted with an intense thirst for justice and revenge against the men who condemned him to prison. ![]() He is best known for his historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, and he was among the first authors to fully exploit the possibilities of the serial novel. The story of Edmond Dantes and his transformation into The Count of Monte Cristo is dramatic and flawless. Alexandre Dumas (18021870), French novelist and playwright, was one of the most famous and prolific French writers of the nineteenth century, producing some 250 books. There was a lot of historical information that I didn't find interesting at the time, but I am going to attempt to read the unabridged version again someday because this book is totally worth it. The Count of Monte Cristo begins just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile). It is one of the authors most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. It took me a good chunk of time to get through the first 300 pages. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. I have to confess - the first time I tried reading this book, I tried reading the unabridged version which turned out to be too much for me.
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