The Count of Monte Cristo

The Garden of Julie & Emmanuel Herbault

English · Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller

Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo follows Edmond Dantès, a young sailor whose promising future is destroyed by betrayal. Imprisoned in the Château d’If, he meets the learned Abbé Faria, whose friendship and knowledge help shape Dantès’s escape and transformation into the mysterious Count.

This radio dramatization brings Dumas’s adventure of wrongful imprisonment, escape, hidden treasure, and calculated revenge to life through spoken performance and dramatic scenes. The story moves between danger and intrigue as the Count returns to the society that wronged him, pursuing justice while confronting the consequences of vengeance.

Romantic, suspenseful, and richly adventurous, the tale combines prison escape and secret identity with questions of loyalty, mercy, and retribution. The subtitle points to Julie and Emmanuel Herbault, while the larger story offers a classic journey from betrayal toward reckoning.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.