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The young D'Artagnan and the legendary musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis are 'the inseparables' - ready to sacrifice everything in a duel or game of dice in order to defend their honour or that of the King and Queen of France. Handsome and hot-tempered, they dive into raging battles or back-street conspiracies with gusto, especially if by their daring deeds they can thwart the wicked devices of their arch-enemy, Cardinal Richelieu, and his mysterious accomplice, Milady de Winter. All for one, and one for all!
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Dumas, Alexandre
- ISBN: 9781784878429
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.81
- Number Of Pages: 240
- Publication Year: 2023
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English
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Take it on vacation
David B. - 3 years 6 months agoThere are a lot of classics out there that are not page-turners--classics that we think that we SHOULD read, even if we may not really want to. But anyone familiar with Dumas need not worry about that. He has a knack for telling a good story. I devoured this book, and I'm not usually a fast reader. Chapters just kept flying by. This is one of the few books that I carried with me wherever I went. I just needed to find out what happened next! The action is brisk, the characterizations rich. The plot is elaborate, but not annoyingly so. There is a lot of humor, but also some surprising darkness. By the end of the book, you don't want it to be over. And how many times can you really say that?
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"When I am insulted I do not faint; I avenge myself!”
Jennifer E. - 4 years 6 months ago“Prepare yourself to hear an incredible, an unheard-of story.” Alexander Dumas’ The Three Musketeers is the story of d’Artagnan, “son of him who served in the Religious Wars under the great King Henry, the father of his gracious Majesty.” “The dream of his life had been to become a Musketeer…If I am killed, I shall be killed by a Musketeer.” He sets out from his country to seek his fortune in Monsieur de Treville’s company. “We are never seen one without the others…We are called among the Musketeers…Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or the Three Inseparables.” With the addition of d’Artagnan, "the four countenances expressed four different feelings: that of Porthos, tranquility; that of d’Artagnan, hope; that of Aramis, uneasiness; that of Athos, carelessness…All for one, one for all.” But “Prudence, monsieur, is a virtue sufficiently useless to Musketeers…This tranquility proved one thing–that d’Artagnan did not yet know Milady.” My favorite character was not among the Musketeers but the vilified Milady, this woman of a hundred faces. “Milady had, likewise, the best of passports–her beauty, her noble appearance, and the liberality with which she distributed her pistoles…Milady compared herself mentally to Judith, the terrible Jewess, when she penetrated the camp of the Assyrians and beheld the enormous mass of chariots, horses, men, and arms, which a gesture of her hand was to dissipate like a cloud of smoke.” Like The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne, Milady is branded for seduction with a fleur-de-lis on her left shoulder. Like the women of the #MeToo movement, “He has deceived her in her love, humbled her in her pride, thwarted her in her ambition; and now he ruins her fortune, deprives her of liberty, and even threatens her life.” While Dumas plots her death as proof of the Musketeers’ triumph, Milady emerges as the ultimate victor. “You are cowards, miserable assasigns–ten men combined to murder one woman…When I am insulted I do not faint; I avenge myself!”
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A True Classic
Johanna B. - 6 years 4 months agoI received this book as one of only a very few books that had belonged to my grandfather, after his passing, so naturally it is very sentimental to me. However, it also stands on its own as a fantastic adventure novel that has withstood the test of time to rightfully earn its place as a true classic. A thrilling tale that any serious reader should enjoy at least once in their lifetime. #SummerReading