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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas · 1844

Marseilles, 1815. Edmond Dantès sails home to a promotion, his father and the woman he loves, while three men who envy him write a letter that will take it all away. A voice for every sailor, schemer and magistrate, and the harbour, the tavern and the wedding feast all around you.

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  • Sound design
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  • Remembers your place
Chapter 1
Marseilles — The Arrival

The Pharaon comes home without her captain, and her young first mate brings her in.

0:00-20:27

Try it in chapter 5, when the wedding feast is interrupted.

Not read aloud. Performed.

This is Peech Immersive, our proprietary audiobook technology. It reads the whole book before it records a word, then casts, directs and sound-designs it the way a studio would, and delivers the finished audiobook in a day.

Every character has a voice of their own

Leads and one-line walk-ons alike, of any age, background or accent. Each one is auditioned, cast and kept for the whole book.

Directed line by line

Who is speaking, to whom, and how they feel: a whisper across the table, a shout down the quay, a laugh caught halfway through a sentence.

A soundscape for every scene

Rooms, streets and weather are designed from the text, with every door, hoof and glass timed to the word. The voices always lead.

The cast

A few of the voices you will hear.

  • Edmond Dantès
    First mate of the Pharaon
  • Mercédès
    His Catalan bride-to-be
  • Fernand Mondego
    Her cousin, and his rival
  • Danglars
    The jealous supercargo
  • Caderousse
    A neighbour who drinks too much
  • Louis Dantès
    Edmond's father
  • Monsieur Morrel
    Owner of the Pharaon
  • Gérard de Villefort
    The ambitious deputy prosecutor

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The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) is in the public domain and is shown here as a sample. Narration and sound design by Peech.