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The Count of Monte Cristo

By: Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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“All human wisdom is contained in these two words—wait and hope.”

David Rintoul delivers a defining performance of Dumas' timeless tale.

Revenge, justice, and reinvention collide in this electrifying classic.

The Count of Monte Cristo follows Edmond Dantès, a young sailor betrayed by those he trusts and condemned to a life he doesn’t deserve. After a daring escape and the discovery of a vast hidden treasure, he transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo—and sets out to rewrite his destiny. In a world of hidden motives and shifting loyalties, this story feels strikingly modern: a smart, high-stakes journey of identity, power, and the price of vengeance.

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a French novelist and playwright whose adventurous storytelling helped shape modern popular fiction. Known for works like The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas blended historical drama with irresistible plot twists, creating tales that continue to captivate readers around the world.

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I have been a big fan of this book, having enjoyed the Bill Homewood recording, though I found his female characters quite irritating. David Rintoul has a more modern style, less theatrical and stylised than Bill Homewood without the irritating voices.

However, it lost some of the characterisation that Bill Homewood achieved. Homewood has distinguishable voices for each character, wonderful accents for the different nationalities. Rintoul’s characters sounded very similar to each other and I often couldn’t tell who was speaking. A few accents were half hearted and not consistent.

So whilst I enjoyed his narration, I missed the variety of Homewood.

The story itself is a wonderful saga - entirely bonkers, but what a plot! It could do with a fair bit of editing to slim down some of the over-lengthy scenes.

This more modern narration loses some characterisation

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