![]() ![]() 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. An epic literary adventure considered a classic around the world. Listen to a Sample Sign up to save your library. ![]() Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. I think it took me about 20 hours to read it silently. His recordings for Naxos AudioBooks have won many awards. The Count of Monte Cristo audiobook (Abridged) By Alexandre Dumas. True - the unabridged audible audiobook is 57 hours and 18 minutes. The John Lee narration is amazing, having garnered the narrator the APA Audie Award (audiobook industry version of the Oscars) for best. I really liked the production and recommend it to anyone new to audiobooks. ![]() It’s a long one, but doesn’t feel long as the story is engaging. I have the John Lee version which I rated 5 stars back in 2012. His Three Musketeers was okay but not as good as Count - it may be better as an adult. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty.Bill Homewood is known for his innumerable television performances and leading credits in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. get it (I think it is the John Lee version, which is good) for 99c. It centres around a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It begins just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile). Newly wealthy, Dantes sets out on a course of revenge and redemption. After staging a sensational prison break, he discovers the legendary treasure of Monte Cristo. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815-1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. Edmond Dantes, a man on the threshold of a bright career and a happy marriage, is imprisoned in the Chateau dIf, a guarded island bastion in France, on a false political indictment. Listen along as Jim brings this classic story to. This audio adaptation by experienced storyteller Jim Weiss makes a classic story accessible to a new generation of listeners. Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. Filled with some of literatures most memorable action scenes, and with a whole company of unforgettable characters, The Count of Monte Cristo has been loved by millions. Dantès returns home under the pseudonym of the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, in order to avenge himself on the men who conspired to destroy him. The Count of Monte Cristo as its meant to be heard, narrated by Bill Homewood. The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844.It is one of the authors most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. A fellow prisoner inspires Dantès to escape and guides him to a fortune in treasure. On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in a grim island fortress off Marseilles. ![]()
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