The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Jan 2017 · Author's Republic · Narrated by David Clarke

About this audiobook

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.





It is no exaggeration to say “Monte Cristo” still ranks as one of the most exciting stories imaginable, one every bit as good as anything Steven Spielberg or J.K. Rowling could ever conjure up.





"Began to read ‘Monte Cristo’ at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night." —William Makepeace Thackeray





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.

Ratings and reviews

Wonderful story, but narrator, despite having a good voice, has achieved poor technical quality. I don't mean to be unkind, friend, but you would learn a lot if you were to study up on audio production and do it all over again. If you're serious about being a professional narrator, redo this. You can improve your technical skill and professional reputation. You're a good voice artist, but this production is technically poor. Get a better microphone. Sit closer to it. Learn how to dampen your environment and filter noise. This is a noisy file. I couldn't listen to it for all those dozens of hours.

such a good book... the guy narrating has some serious technical issues though... cant understand why he didn't put his phone on silent? very annoying.

After hearing the sample audio, I would never waste a cent on it. The audio production is inadequate. The narrator could add so much to this with better production, the voice is great, the echo destroys it.