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D’Artagnan is an ambitious young man who decides to leave Gascony to join the king’s elite guards; the Musketeers. In Paris, he meets Athos, a brooding nobleman with a heavy past; Porthos, a dandy and bon vivant; and Aramis, a religious and elegant intellectual. The four of them become friends, but they are tested by dangerous political intrigues and secret romances. Will they survive the terrible games of the Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter? All for one, and one for all! Step into a world of swordfights, masked villains, and friendship that will sweep you off your feet. Also famous for writing The Count of Monte Cristo and Queen Margot, Alexandre Dumas is known for the exciting trials found in his novels. Dive right into it, adventure awaits!
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The Three Musketeers
By Alexandre Dumas, Père
First Volume of the D’Artagnan Series
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them.
A short time ago, while making researches in the Royal Library for my History of Louis XIV., I stumbled by chance upon the Memoirs of M. d’Artagnan, printed—as were most of the works of that period, in which authors could not tell the truth without the risk of a residence, more or less long, in the Bastille—at Amsterdam, by Pierre Rouge. The title attracted me; I took them home with me, with the permission of the guardian, and devoured them.
It is not my intention here to enter into an analysis of this curious work; and I shall satisfy myself with referring such of my readers as appreciate the pictures of the period to its pages. They will therein find portraits penciled by the hand of a master; and although these squibs may be, for the most part, traced upon the doors of barracks and the walls of cabarets, they will not find the likenesses of Louis XIII., Anne of Austria, Richelieu, Mazarin, and the courtiers of the period, less faithful than in the history of M. Anquetil.
But, it is well known, what strikes the capricious mind of the poet is not always what affects the mass of readers. Now, while admiring, as others doubtless will admire, the details we have to relate, our main preoccupation concerned a matter to which no one before ourselves had given a thought.
D’Artagnan relates that on his first visit to M. de Tréville, captain of the king’s Musketeers, he met in the antechamber three young men, serving in the illustrious corps into which he was soliciting the honor of being received, bearing the names of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.
We must confess these three strange names struck us; and it immediately occurred to us that they were...
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D’Artagnan is an ambitious young man who decides to leave Gascony to join the king’s elite guards; the Musketeers. In Paris, he meets Athos, a brooding nobleman with a heavy past; Porthos, a dandy and bon vivant; and Aramis, a religious and elegant intellectual. The four of them become friends, but they are tested by dangerous political intrigues and secret romances. Will they survive the terrible games of the Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter? All for one, and one for all! Step into a world of swordfights, masked villains, and friendship that will sweep you off your feet. Also famous for writing The Count of Monte Cristo and Queen Margot, Alexandre Dumas is known for the exciting trials found in his novels. Dive right into it, adventure awaits!
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AUTHOR’S PREFACE
The Three Musketeers
By Alexandre Dumas, Père
First Volume of the D’Artagnan Series
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them.
A short time ago, while making researches in the Royal Library for my History of Louis XIV., I stumbled by chance upon the Memoirs of M. d’Artagnan, printed—as were most of the works of that period, in which authors could not tell the truth without the risk of a residence, more or less long, in the Bastille—at Amsterdam, by Pierre Rouge. The title attracted me; I took them home with me, with the permission of the guardian, and devoured them.
It is not my intention here to enter into an analysis of this curious work; and I shall satisfy myself with referring such of my readers as appreciate the pictures of the period to its pages. They will therein find portraits penciled by the hand of a master; and although these squibs may be, for the most part, traced upon the doors of barracks and the walls of cabarets, they will not find the likenesses of Louis XIII., Anne of Austria, Richelieu, Mazarin, and the courtiers of the period, less faithful than in the history of M. Anquetil.
But, it is well known, what strikes the capricious mind of the poet is not always what affects the mass of readers. Now, while admiring, as others doubtless will admire, the details we have to relate, our main preoccupation concerned a matter to which no one before ourselves had given a thought.
D’Artagnan relates that on his first visit to M. de Tréville, captain of the king’s Musketeers, he met in the antechamber three young men, serving in the illustrious corps into which he was soliciting the honor of being received, bearing the names of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.
We must confess these three strange names struck us; and it immediately occurred to us that they were...
Section 1 of 69 sections
