Yeah, me likey them newfangled “sound discs”. (35 of them!?)

I placed a hold on it. Meanwhile, I grabbed the Gutenberg version and printed it to a PDF. Perhaps I’ll have enough downtime this tax season to read it at my desk.

Only $55.

Or download for either $10 or $32. I listened to the sample, though, and it sounds like it would take some getting used to. Oh wait, it says “Part 1″.

The BPL has it on tape. (25 tapes)

It reads pretty quickly, though. There is lots of dialog which goes quickly, and there are 117 chapters, so you can pick it up and do a chapter in not too much time.

I do wish it would come in a couple of volumes, though. It’s almost 3 inches thick, and won’t fit in your pocket, and it’d be tough to carry on the subway, etc.

The online versions seem to be pretty much the same as the one I had. It doesn’t say who translated this one, but most of them I’ve seen are nearly the same. I note the one you linked to starts “ON THE 24th of February, 1810″ and all the others say 1815.

Guttenberg has one too. I read this one along with the Audible.com mp3 and they’re not exactly the same, but nothing of any consequence.

Text: I doubt if he would have asked anything from anyone, except from Heaven.
Audible: I doubt if he would have asked anything from anyone, except God.

Pity, as it sounds awesome. I’m always down for the revenge plot. Perhaps there will come plans for a 200 disc Book-on-CD one day?