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The Count of Monte Cristo Audiobook— narrated by Andrew Timothy
Alexandre Dumas's nineteenth-century revenge epic follows Edmond Dantès from a wedding-day arrest to a slow, calculated reckoning with the men who buried him. It's a sweeping adventure about patience, justice, and the cost of getting exactly what you wished for, and it earns every one of its many pages.
Why the audiobook wins
Andrew Timothy's unabridged narration runs over fifty hours, and that length is the point: Dumas wrote a revenge story that depends on waiting, on years compressing and expanding, and a single steady voice carrying you through the Château d'If and the long, patient unraveling of Dantès's enemies gives that patience a real, physical weight an abridgment would erase.
This is the audiobook for anyone who's only met Monte Cristo through a two-hour film and wondered what got cut — the answer is almost everything: the claustrophobic imprisonment, the friendship with the old priest who remakes Dantès entirely, the slow architecture of a revenge plot built over a decade. Fifty hours sounds daunting until you realize it's built for exactly that kind of long-haul listening — weeks of commutes, a whole season of evening walks.
Timothy's steady, unshowy reading trusts Dumas's plotting to do the work, never rushing the reveals. It's a long commitment, but one Audible credit covers the entire epic, start to reckoning.
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- Who narrates the The Count of Monte Cristo audiobook?
- Andrew Timothy narrates the audiobook edition of The Count of Monte Cristo.
- How long is the The Count of Monte Cristo audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 50 hr 44 min.
- Is the The Count of Monte Cristo audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored The Count of Monte Cristo 4.6 out of 5. Andrew Timothy's unabridged narration runs over fifty hours, and that length is the point: Dumas wrote a revenge story that depends on waiting, on years compressing and expanding, and a single steady voice carrying you through the Château d'If and the long, patient unraveling of…
- Can I listen to The Count of Monte Cristo free with an Audible trial?
- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.Listen to The Count of Monte Cristo free with an Audible trial
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- Is The Count of Monte Cristo on Kindle Unlimited?
- No. The Count of Monte Cristo was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on August 5, 2026.
- How much does The Count of Monte Cristo cost?
- On Amazon: Kindle $0.99, Paperback $12.99, Hardcover $16.00. Prices as of August 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM EDT and may change.
