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. His recordings for Naxos AudioBooks have won many awards.
You can listen for free from the library, and classics like CoMC are always available.Bill Homewood is known for his innumerable television performances and leading credits in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. You can always put it aside if you find it isn't for you. But if you're willing, go with unabridged. This is an audio recording of Chapter 2 of Dover Publications abridged edition of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. If abridged can get reluctant readers started on a good book, than they have a reason to exist. I completely agree with the unabridged votes, though the comment by Gretchen makes a good point. And still none of them will feel exactly the same about those materials. I'm an educator, and different people need different paths to access the same materials and get the most out of them.
Not everyone can even see the words on the page the same way. Not everyone can picture what is going on to the same extent. Not everyone is able to get the same experience from reading that we do. The addition of these modern aids make books accessable to more people than ever. Why should any reader deny themself the full transformative power of these works?Īlicedewonder wrote: "Although I am pleased with the amount of people that preference unabridged to abridged I am startled with the need for a character guide, audio listening and other suggested aids. They increase your brain, strengthen your heart, and alter your soul. It matters because the greatest novels provide an experience whioh leaves you a changed person. The "Mask" part is yanked out of the work. An even more striking case of unabridged over abridged is what's done with "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Dumas, which in fact is just a small part of the original novel "Vicomte de Braggelone," a masterpiece in its own right that's very complex but also very moving. The one thing I worry about is the question of whether even the unabridged translation has been cleaned-up to an extent, made a bit less adult than the French original. By the end, Dantes himself knows he's been used as a tool of justice, in a sense. Between the lines are questions of the workings of the universe. The Count of Monte Cristo, Librivox in English. Der Graf von Monte Christo 2008, Anaconda in German. Discover the Abridged English Audiobook at Audible. Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Librivox digital audio in French. Download the accompanying reference guide. It’s a long one, but doesn’t feel long as the story is engaging. Alexandre Dumas (pre), master storyteller, takes us on a journey of adventure, romance, intrigue, and ultimately, redemption. His Three Musketeers was okay but not as good as Count - it may be better as an adult. The story keys into more than just the plot happenings of the characters. The Count of Monte Cristo Abridged as its meant to be heard, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. Of all the 'masked avengers' and 'caped crusaders' in literature, The Count of Monte Cristo is at once the most daring and the most vulnerable. Ive listened to several of his audiobooks, and liked him pretty well. It was good enough, but I would have chosen John Lee if I wanted to pay for it.
It's truly one of the greatest novels ever written, right up there with "War and Peace" and company. Im no help, most likely, as I listened to this years ago, and iirc, I ended up with a free public domain version but I didnt store it so I dont remember the narrator. The unabridged version of "Count of Monte Cristo" gives you the great depths of meaning and soul contained in the work.