Marilyn’s Reviews > The Count of Monte Cristo > Status Update

I would argue that chapters 30-60 are not actually necessary to the story. While, yes, we do meet some people that feel important, the rest of the time is Rome is a bunch of fluff. I have read that this type of “travelogue” was quite popular to read and I suppose I can understand why, but nowadays there is just no way a proper editor would have given those 30 (!!!) chapters a pass.

This essentially equals 20 hours of listening time which is frankly insanity. My thoughts so far… this is remarkably easy to understand for a book 200 years old so I can see why it remains at the “top of the classics charts”. However, the length… I mean come on.