The Three Musketeers (1844) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 5 stars

“The outstanding work of famous French novelist Alexandre Dumas describes the life and adventures of d´Artagnan - born into an improverished noble family of Gascony, who leaves home for Paris to realise his greatest dream: becoming a Musketeer of the Guard. His life in Paris is full of risk, intrigues and adventures: he must safe the Qeen and deal with devious Cardinal Richelieu. His three faithful friends - Musketers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, all the time with him, following their famous motto "One for all and all for one." Despite the fact that this perfect historical novel was made ​​into a movie several times successfully, the book, in my opinion, much better. I read it for the first time 10 years ago and got a great pleasure from Duma´s splendid presentation and his imagination. Re-reading the book again after 5 years, I found a lot of new details, which were not noticed for the first time. Reading Alexander Duma is much easier and faster than Jules Verne. ”

• Rated 4 stars

“Have you every read the first, say, quarter of a book and known that it's just going to be a favourite? In a span of just a few pages, d'Artagnan accosts and schedules duels with three men, independently of each other. If that's not badass, I don't know what is.”

• Rated 4 stars

“To my surprise, I found this classic mostly readable! Usually with books like this I find my mind wandering a lot as the florid prose capers on and on. That happened a bit, but the characters and action save the day. I found the character of Milady de Winter especially fascinating. The complexities of the plot kept me interested to the last minutes and this is (thankfully) not one of those novels that goes on for a hundred pages after the denouement.

I find this book to have stood well the test of time. A classic in any age.”

• Rated 4 stars

“I love Alexandre Dumas' books. The Three Musketeers is a classic story set in Jacobean France. It has been made into a movie several times. The novel has love, adventure, spies, etc.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Since "The Count of Monte Cristo" is my favorite book, I had high hopes for "The Three Musketeers" that were very quickly dashed. Despite the fact that it's a classic adventure story, I knew nothing about the actual plot, and Dumas never pulled me into the political intrigue of the French court. The book could have been saved for me if the four Musketeers were vibrant characters, but I couldn't tell any of them apart except for D'Artagnan (who I found to be an immature idiot). I'm sure this would make an entertaining movie, but I won't be reading the book ever again.”

• Rated 0 stars

“So now I need to read the whole musketeers trilogy. Dumas is the master of pacy, exciting action. ”

• Rated 4 stars

“So much fun! Until the last quarter or so, where it takes a very bleak turn. Still, a good read.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Interesting to finally read this book after enjoying the related movies. ”

• Rated 2 stars

“The Three Musketeers is a classic novel by Alexandre Dumas and may be appreciated as such or read readily by those who like Dumas' works. However, I found that I did not like most of it -- the tastes of our times are too different from those of the audience for which Dumas wrote. So while this book was undoubtedly a great novel and literary work for that audience, to me it came over more as a sappy romance novella like you find in a modern supermartket. Oh well, at least I can say that I have read the thing.”

• Rated 4 stars

“A classic tale of honor, friendship, coming of age, and swordsmanship. It's really the FOUR of them, you know. Not as Amazing as the count of Monte Christo, but still a very fine & beloved classic.”