![]() It’s fantastic, in every meaning of the word it’s different from what I expected and from nearly everything I’ve read before it’s a great adventure yarn with a lovely little romance thrown in (almost entirely counterbalanced by wrecked relationships, but still lovely)… In fact… The Count of Monte Cristo is an extraordinary, long, complex work with a very simple story idea: a young man is horribly wronged, emerges from prison with a new life and a vast fortune, and uses that plus his very good mind to wreak vengeance on the people who ruined his life. 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. 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. Titles by Alexandre Dumas Titles by Alexandre Dumas Beau Geste (unabridged) The Black Tulip (unabridged) The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged) The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged) The Man in the Iron Mask (unabridged) The Man in the Iron Mask (abridged) The Three Musketeers (abridged) The Three Musketeers (unabridged) Reviews Titles read by Bill Homewood Titles read by Bill Homewood 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unabridged) Allan Quatermain (unabridged) Around the World in Eighty Days (unabridged) Colonel Chabert (unabridged) The Council of Justice (unabridged) The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged) The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged) Father Goriot (unabridged) The Four Just Men (unabridged) From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon (unabridged) The Further Adventures of Zorro (unabridged) Gargantua and Pantagruel (unabridged) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (abridged) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (unabridged) Idylls of the King (unabridged) Journey to the Centre of the Earth (unabridged) The Just Men of Cordova (unabridged) King Solomon’s Mines (abridged) La Rabouilleuse (unabridged) The Lady of the Camellias (abridged) Le Morte d'Arthur (unabridged) Les Misérables (abridged) Les Misérables (unabridged) The Man in the Iron Mask (unabridged) The Man in the Iron Mask (abridged) The Mark of Zorro (unabridged) The Moonstone (abridged) The Mysterious Island (unabridged) The Phantom of the Opera (unabridged) The Red and the Black (abridged) The Red and the Black (unabridged) The Scarlet Pimpernel (unabridged) Shakespeare’s Lovers (unabridged) She (abridged) She – A History of Adventure (unabridged) The Sign of Zorro (unabridged) The Song of Roland (unabridged) The Three Musketeers (abridged) The Three Musketeers (unabridged) Tom Jones (unabridged) Zorro Rides Again (unabridged) Bill has published six collections of poetry including 50 Sonnets (Mimosa Books, 2000). They include She, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Misérables and Le Morte d’Arthur. His recordings for Naxos AudioBooks have won many awards. When I regretfully completed "The Count of Monte Cristo", I went through withdrawal and wondered which book afterwards I could ever enjoy as much as I enjoyed Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo.Bill Homewood is known for his innumerable television performances and leading credits in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. ![]() Tried listening to it in bed but would fall off to sleep and have to re-listen to a chapter the following morning. ![]() Soon into the book, I found myself making extra time and and couldn't wait to get back to listening to this book. When I began to listen to this book, due to its length I wondered if I would find the time necessary to listen to it all over a reasonable period. ![]() Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? If I had to select a favorite scene, it would be the escape of Edmund Dantes from the horrible dungeon prison Château d'If. As the reader, I soon became familiar with each of them, but the twist and turns in their lives kept one wanting to read on I amazed at the way the author inter weaved the lives of the several and varied characters. If you could sum up The Count of Monte Cristo in three words, what would they be? ![]()
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