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This swashbuckling tale, beloved around the world, follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a country boy who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers, save his Queen from scandal, and outwit the devious Cardinal Richelieu.
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Summary
The main character, d'Artagnan, born into an impoverished noble family of Gascony, <1> leaves home for Paris to fulfill his greatest dream: becoming a Musketeer of the Guard. Fortunately his father knows Monsieur De Treville, Captain of the Company of Musketeers (and fellow Gascon) and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Important People
- D'Artagnan: the one who wish to become a musketeer
- Athos: musketeer
- Porthos: musketeer
- Aramis: musketeer
- Planchet: A clever fellow Porthos found to serve D'Artagnan
- Grimaud: Athos servant, a Breton, trained to speak only in emergencies
- Mousqueton: Pothos servant, a would-be dandy
- Bazin: Aramis's servant, very pious
- Milady de Winter: Richelieu's secret weapon
- Cardinal Richelieu: Confidant to the King, as powerful as the King
- Comte de Rochefort: Richelieu's right hand man
- Louis XIII of France: King of France
- M. de Tréville: Captain of the Musketeers
- Constance Bonacieux: Seamstress to the Queen of France and D'Artagnan's love interest
- Monsieur Bonacieux: D'Artagnan's landlord and Constance Bonacieux's husband
- Queen Anne of Austria: Queen of France
- George Villiers: 1st Duke of Buckingham
Memorable Quotes
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“To die among friends. Can a man ask more? Can the world offer less? Who wants to live 'till the last bottle is empty? It's all-for one, d'Artagnan, and one for all.”
Athos -
“In fact, M. Bonacieux, having left his house at seven o'clock in the evening to go to the Louvre, never appeared again in the Rue des Fossoyeurs; the opinion of those who seemed to be best informed was that he was fed and lodged in some royal castle, at the expense of his generous Eminence.”
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First Sentence
On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of the 'Romance of the Rose' was born, appeared to be in as perfect a state of revolution as if the Huguenots had just made a second La Rochelle of it.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
Chapter 2 - THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
Chapter 3 - THE AUDIENCE
Chapter 4 - THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
Chapter 5 - THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
Chapter 6 - HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
Chapter 7 - THE INTERIOR OF "THE MUSKETEERS"
Chapter 8 - CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
Chapter 9 - D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
Chapter 10 - A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 11 - IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
Chapter 12 - GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
Chapter 13 - MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
Chapter 14 - THE MAN OF MEUNG
Chapter 15 - MEN OF THE ROBE AND MEN OF THE SWORD
Chapter 16 - IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL, IN ORDER TO RING IT, AS HE DID BEFORE
Chapter 17 - BONACIEUX AT HOME
Chapter 18 - LOVER AND HUSBAND
Chapter 19 - PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
Chapter 20 - THE JOURNEY
Chapter 21 - THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
Chapter 22 - THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
Chapter 23 - THE RENDEZVOUS
Chapter 24 - THE PAVILION
Chapter 25 - PORTHOS
Chapter 26 - ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
Chapter 27 - THE WIFE OF ATHOS
Chapter 28 - THE RETURN
Chapter 29 - HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
Chapter 30 - D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
Chapter 31 - ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Chapter 32 - A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
Chapter 33 - SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS
Chapter 34 - IN WHICH THE EQUIPMENT OF ARAMIS AND PORTHOS IS TREATED OF
Chapter 35 - A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
Chapter 36 - DREAM OF VENGEANCE
Chapter 37 - MILADY'S SECRET
Chapter 38 - HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMODING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
Chapter 39 - A VISION
Chapter 40 - A TERRIBLE VISION
Chapter 41 - THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
Chapter 42 - THE ANJOU WINE
Chapter 43 - THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
Chapter 44 - THE UTILITY OF STOVEPIPES
Chapter 45 - A CONJUGAL SCENE
Chapter 46 - THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
Chapter 47 - THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
Chapter 48 - A FAMILY AFFAIR
Chapter 49 - FATALITY
Chapter 50 - CHAT BETWEEN BROTHER AND SISTER
Chapter 51 - OFFICER
Chapter 52 - CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY
Chapter 53 - CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY
Chapter 54 - CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY
Chapter 55 - CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
Chapter 56 - CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
Chapter 57 - MEANS FOR CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
Chapter 58 - ESCAPE
Chapter 59 - WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
Chapter 60 - IN FRANCE
Chapter 61 - THE CARMELITE CONVENT AT BETHUNE
Chapter 62 - TWO VARIETIES OF DEMONS
Chapter 63 - THE DROP OF WATER
Chapter 64 - THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK
Chapter 65 - TRIAL
Chapter 66 - EXECUTION
Chapter 67 - CONCLUSION
EPILOGUE
Series
This is book 1 in the D'Artagnan Romances series.
Authors & Contributors
- Alexandre Dumas, pere (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Malvina G. Vogel
- Vincent Buranelli (Adapter) - Author of the Kids Edition
- Jacques Le Clercq (Translator) - Random House Translator
- Lowell Bair (Translator)
- Todd Strasser (Adapter) - Junior Novelization Author
- David Coward (Translator)
- David Loughery - Wrote the script for The Three Musketeers
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