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Les Trois Mousquetaires - The Three Musketeers - Volume 1 (of 3)by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) recounts the adventures of a young poor man named d'Artagnan from Gascony, who leaves his home town to make money in Paris. But, he always seems to be looking for trouble, and on his way to Paris, he gets robbed and his possessions stolen. The Three Musketeers have never fallen out of popularity since they were published.Alexandre Dumas, pere, is one of the most widely read French writers in the world. He is best known for historical works such as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne.Project Bilingual (A division of Wolf Pup Books) is a continuing project making available great original French writers' texts along with their English translation. This edition, which offers after every original language paragraph its translation, makes both grammar and vocabulary checks as painless as possible. Idiomatic forms that could be overlooked can be easily detected. Furthermore, large paragraphs have been broken down to much smaller units so that the check is as effortless as possible. We do hope that by reading French writers that defined the language itself or whose work permeated the French culture, you will be able to get the maximum benefit from this language series. Although this edition is not a replacement for traditional methods of learning language, it is a very powerful tool to speed up the process once you have attained the intermediate level and beyond.Wolf Pup BooksA Bilingual Ebook Publishing Company
304 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1844
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Alexandre Dumas
6,226 books12.8k followersThis note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
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June 7, 2022
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Maggiormente, non mi sono piaciuti i moschettieri, non mi è piaciuto il cardinale o tutti i secondari. Mi è piaciuta lei! Milady!
Penso sia una delle antagoniste migliori e ben scritte che io abbia letto in un classico.
Fautrice del suo destino, cade sempre in piedi, una ne pensa e mille ne fà. Perfetta.
Questo audiolibro è stato il più lungo che ho ascoltato fin ora, ben 50 puntate.
In realtà non mi hanno pesato affatto, anzi, mi ero appassionata alla vicenda e mi sono resa conto di avere avuto un idea di D'Artagnan un pò diversa rispetto la realtà.
Tra i moschettieri, comunque, Aramis è stato il mio preferito. Già la storia di come è diventato un moschettiere parla da sè. Poi c'è il fatto che vuole prendere i voti ma ama le donne e si fa mantenere dalle sue amanti ricche.
Ha vinto tutto.
Maggiormente, non mi sono piaciuti i moschettieri, non mi è piaciuto il cardinale o tutti i secondari. Mi è piaciuta lei! Milady!
Penso sia una delle antagoniste migliori e ben scritte che io abbia letto in un classico.
Fautrice del suo destino, cade sempre in piedi, una ne pensa e mille ne fà. Perfetta.
Questo audiolibro è stato il più lungo che ho ascoltato fin ora, ben 50 puntate.
In realtà non mi hanno pesato affatto, anzi, mi ero appassionata alla vicenda e mi sono resa conto di avere avuto un idea di D'Artagnan un pò diversa rispetto la realtà.
Tra i moschettieri, comunque, Aramis è stato il mio preferito. Già la storia di come è diventato un moschettiere parla da sè. Poi c'è il fatto che vuole prendere i voti ma ama le donne e si fa mantenere dalle sue amanti ricche.
Ha vinto tutto.
September 16, 2023
Still a great classic
February 9, 2021
Trots ett rasistiskt förord, skrivet år 1978, med rikligt bruk av n-ordet (Dumas hade afrikanskt påbrå), tyckte jag om själva boken. Den är relativt lättläst för att vara en klassiker och är skriven med en hel del humor. Huvudpersonen d'Artagnan verkar i den inledande scenen mest som en huvudlös tonåring utan någon som helst självbevarelsedrift men under bokens gång utvecklas han till en listig strateg, som verkar vara mycket äldre än sin egen ålder (han är 20 år under största delen av berättelsen).
Dumas skildring av 1600-talets Frankrike är ganska barbarisk. Han beskriver hur kungens och kardinalens soldater tar livet av varandra genom att duellera, mest för att de har tråkigt, verkar det som. Berättelsen placerar sig någonstans i början av 1600-talet och jag vet inte en hur korrekt beskrivelse av den tiden den är, men i alla fall finns en del historiska personer med, vilket gör att man lär sig något litet om historia.
En ganska underhållande bok som jag rekommenderar för den som vill läsa en klassiker som inte kräver så mycket.
Dumas skildring av 1600-talets Frankrike är ganska barbarisk. Han beskriver hur kungens och kardinalens soldater tar livet av varandra genom att duellera, mest för att de har tråkigt, verkar det som. Berättelsen placerar sig någonstans i början av 1600-talet och jag vet inte en hur korrekt beskrivelse av den tiden den är, men i alla fall finns en del historiska personer med, vilket gör att man lär sig något litet om historia.
En ganska underhållande bok som jag rekommenderar för den som vill läsa en klassiker som inte kräver så mycket.
August 22, 2023
Classical French book - pure adventure and action!! 🧡
January 9, 2026
Tutto ciò che sapete su "I tre moschettieri" è falso.
Me l'hanno sempre venduto come un libro di avventura ma anche di nobili ideali, invece è l'antenato degli action movies machisti.
*SPOILER*
I tre moschettieri non sono degli eroi che difendono i deboli o stanno dalla parte "giusta": hanno una faida aperta con il Cardinale senza un vero perché, come se fosse una rivalità tra squadre di calcio, e per andargli contro incidentalmente fanno anche cose buone. Ma per la maggior parte del tempo attaccano biriga, seducono donne, si ubriacano e sperperano tutti i loro soldi. Solo che non è una critica velata alla società, solo una cosa divertente.
Per motivi superficiali si sfidano a duello, abusano, feriscono e ammazzano persone, per poi fare la pace con i loro nemici e concludere a tarallucci e vino.
Unico personaggio interessante è Milady che però, essendo donna e non potendo partecipare alle dinamiche di violenza maschile giustificata, e quindi usando sotterfugi considerati "immorali" viene eletta come irreprensibilmente malvagia. Ulteriore punto negativo è che diventa nemica di D'Artagnan (forse il peggiore di tutti) solo perché lui, in un momento in cui si "dimentica" della sua innamorata (che è stata tra l'altro rapita!), si impunta a volerla sedurre e per farlo usa su di lei, e sulla sua cameriera, l'inganno e la forza (ricordiamo tutto senza consenso, quindi si scrive "sedurre" si legge "s******e"), e dopo di questo lei cerca vendetta: D'Argnan omm''e merd', dovevi morire tu.
Tre stelle solo perché purtroppo Dumas sa scrivere e appassionare.
Me l'hanno sempre venduto come un libro di avventura ma anche di nobili ideali, invece è l'antenato degli action movies machisti.
*SPOILER*
I tre moschettieri non sono degli eroi che difendono i deboli o stanno dalla parte "giusta": hanno una faida aperta con il Cardinale senza un vero perché, come se fosse una rivalità tra squadre di calcio, e per andargli contro incidentalmente fanno anche cose buone. Ma per la maggior parte del tempo attaccano biriga, seducono donne, si ubriacano e sperperano tutti i loro soldi. Solo che non è una critica velata alla società, solo una cosa divertente.
Per motivi superficiali si sfidano a duello, abusano, feriscono e ammazzano persone, per poi fare la pace con i loro nemici e concludere a tarallucci e vino.
Unico personaggio interessante è Milady che però, essendo donna e non potendo partecipare alle dinamiche di violenza maschile giustificata, e quindi usando sotterfugi considerati "immorali" viene eletta come irreprensibilmente malvagia. Ulteriore punto negativo è che diventa nemica di D'Artagnan (forse il peggiore di tutti) solo perché lui, in un momento in cui si "dimentica" della sua innamorata (che è stata tra l'altro rapita!), si impunta a volerla sedurre e per farlo usa su di lei, e sulla sua cameriera, l'inganno e la forza (ricordiamo tutto senza consenso, quindi si scrive "sedurre" si legge "s******e"), e dopo di questo lei cerca vendetta: D'Argnan omm''e merd', dovevi morire tu.
Tre stelle solo perché purtroppo Dumas sa scrivere e appassionare.
August 6, 2020
Nice to read an adventure story once in a while. It provided a easy-to-read escape from reality during a hectic exam period.
It isn't really that much exciting action in it, rather, it's charm lies in the three musceteers' +d'Artagnang's explosive personalities and humor, always ready to join a sword duel in order to protect their honor.
It isn't really that much exciting action in it, rather, it's charm lies in the three musceteers' +d'Artagnang's explosive personalities and humor, always ready to join a sword duel in order to protect their honor.
April 20, 2022
Ho ascoltato l'audio libro di Moro Silo, un gigante, con le sue interpretazioni magistrali che permettono a un pigro come me di potermi immergere e usufruire di classici molto lunghi come questo. Il romanzo non ha bisogno di recensioni, è un capolavoro, avvincente, avventuroso, moderno. Irrinunciabile.
July 4, 2024
Une (re)lecture très amusante - j'ai particulièrement apprécié comment Dumas tourne au ridicule ses personnages principaux dès le début, ce qui n'empêche en rien de s'attacher à eux. Cela donne une première partie drôle, avec quand même la part d'intrigue et d'action associée au roman, ainsi que des dialogues très vifs.
December 21, 2015
Not at all like I'd imagined it, gives you a good idea of the time being as well as a saga full of schemes and intrigues. I liked it.
September 14, 2018
Very nice book,
January 15, 2019
3.5 stars
July 31, 2021
Läst till s 212
November 16, 2021
Bellissimo
March 21, 2023
O carte superbă, plina de aventuri, curaj, enigme și mister!❤️
Mi-a plăcut foarte mult!
Mi-a plăcut foarte mult!
March 6, 2024
Poor translation on the English pages.
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