classic fiction audiobook
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is about 52 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 34 hr 40 min, and at 2× to about 26 hr.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 65 hr |
| 1× | 52 hr |
| 1.25× | 41 hr 36 min |
| 1.5× | 34 hr 40 min |
| 1.75× | 29 hr 43 min |
| 2× | 26 hr |
| 2.5× | 20 hr 48 min |
| 3× | 17 hr 20 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 52 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 35 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 47 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 208 | 104 | 70 | 52 | 35 | 26 |
| 1.25× | 167 | 84 | 56 | 42 | 28 | 21 |
| 1.5× | 139 | 70 | 47 | 35 | 24 | 18 |
| 2× | 104 | 52 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 13 |
How long, really
At 52 hr, The Count of Monte Cristo is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend. That's longer than about 98% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, The Count of Monte Cristo comes to roughly 484,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through The Count of Monte Cristo and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The The Count of Monte Cristo audiobook by Alexandre Dumas runs about 52 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, The Count of Monte Cristo takes about 34 hours and 40 minutes. At 2x it takes about 26 hours.
At one hour a day and normal speed, The Count of Monte Cristo takes about 52 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 35 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 104 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, The Count of Monte Cristo is longer than about 98% of them. At 52 hr it is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend.
