"Began to read 'Monte Cristo' at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night." —William Makepeace Thackeray
"Alexandre Dumas is more than French, he is European; he's more than European, he is universal." —Victor Hugo
"No novelist since Dumas has been more irreverent of the conventions of well-made fiction or any more determined to tell stories without identifiable centers." —Terrence Rafferty
Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'If — doomed to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his miraculous escape, and his carefully wrought revenge creates a dramatic tale of mystery and intrigue and paints a vision of France — a dazzling, dueling, exuberant France — that has become immortal.
Seija
7.5.2026
The book is excellent, albeit long, but has many characters in it. Readers might find it easier to watch one of the many adaptations of the story first to have some visuals to connect with the many names. I don't recommend this audiobook though, as something in the recording or mixing causes it every once in a while to become suddenly garbled and loud as if a DJ was revving the disc. Completely takes you out of the story. The reader also sometimes seems to place the wrong emotion on sentences, which makes me think of an AI voice.
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