The Count of Monte Cristo (AmazonClassics Edition)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Guy Mott
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Narrated by:
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Guy Mott
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Alexandre Dumas
After fourteen years of wrongful imprisonment, merchant sailor Edmond Dantès escapes his grim island fortress. With the promises of youth erased and his betrothed now married to someone else, Dantès lives for one purpose: revenge. Thanks to a benevolent prison confidante who reveals the location of a hidden treasure, Dantès buys his way, unrecognized, into society. Adopting a new identity as the Count of Monte Cristo, he sets out to destroy the rivals who framed him for treason. But the count’s obsessive quest could have irrevocable consequences for the innocent—and for himself.
What unfolds is an epic tale of breathtaking intrigue and righteous retribution from Alexandre Dumas, the nineteenth-century master of high adventure.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Count of Monte Cristo, this edition of The Count of Monte Cristo (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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An exciting adventure i frequently revisit!
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Clever narration of a classic
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It’s just… genius. He was a genius.
The plotting of this book is absolutely insane. The way Dumas layers the story with actual history, the backgrounds of all the different characters, the reasons behind their actions, the things he deliberately holds back and then brings back at exactly the right moment… I genuinely don’t know how he did it.
There were so many moments where I thought, why are you telling me this? And then pages, chapters or even years later, there would be a payoff and suddenly you understood exactly why that tiny detail had been included. Things that happened right at the beginning come back to fruition much later, and the whole thing is just so intricately plotted. I couldn’t see any flaws in it. I’m sure somebody will tell me I’m wrong, but personally, I couldn’t find them. My only real criticism would be that some of the chronology gets a little messy in places.
And the characterisation. Every single person felt completely distinct to me. I could picture every character. I knew who they were, where they came from, why they were there and what their purpose was within the story. Even the different identities of the Count of Monte Cristo had their own mannerisms, ways of speaking and appearances. It was just ridiculously well done.
There are parts of this book that feel almost Homeric in the way Dumas tells a story. He doesn’t just introduce a character and move on. He gives you their history, their motivations, their connections and the reasons they matter. And somehow, all of these seemingly separate stories eventually become part of the bigger picture.
I also loved seeing just how much influence Dumas has clearly had on later writers. You can see echoes of this style of storytelling everywhere once you know what you’re looking at. It made me appreciate the book even more because I wasn’t just reading a classic. I was reading something that helped shape the stories that came after it.
I knew going into this that it was a classic. And yes, it really is a classic for a reason. Books don’t become classics out of nowhere. There is a reason people are still reading them hundreds of years later, and the sheer skill involved in writing something like this is honestly staggering.
I did an immersive read of this, reading the book while listening to the audiobook, and the narration was absolutely bang on. The narrator did all the voices and really brought the characters to life, which made the whole experience even more immersive.
And this book genuinely put me through the full gamut of human emotions. I laughed, I cried, I was horrified, I was fascinated, I was completely invested. It is a massive story told over a long period of time, but when you finally get those payoffs, you realise just how much Dumas has been building towards them all along.
The Wordsworth Classics edition I read also has a really useful foreword and historical note, which I appreciated because the French political history is such an important part of the story.
I genuinely don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like this.
It’s phenomenal.
It’s phenomenal.
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Master piece
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Its a classic for a reason
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