Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
English
⏱ 24h 49m
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The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis -- inseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one".<br><br>
The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It was later proven that Dumas had based his work on the book Mémoires de Monsieur D'Artagnan, capitaine lieutenant de la première compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi (Memoirs of Mister D'Artagnan, Lieutenant Captain of the first company of the King's Musketeers) by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Cologne, 1700). <br><br>
Dumas' version of the story covers the adventures of D'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628, as they are involved in intrigues involving the weak King Louis XIII of France, his powerful and cunning advisor Cardinal Richelieu, the beautiful Queen Anne of Austria, her English lover, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and the Siege of La Rochelle. Adding to the intrigue are the mysterious Milady de Winter, and Richelieu's right-hand man, the Comte de Rochefort. (summary from wikipedia)<br /><br />
Get <a href="http://librivox.org/twenty-years-after-by-alexandre-dumas/"> Twenty Years After</a> here.<br />
Get <a href="http://librivox.org/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-by-alexandre-dumas/"> The Man in the Iron Mask</a> here.
The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It was later proven that Dumas had based his work on the book Mémoires de Monsieur D'Artagnan, capitaine lieutenant de la première compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi (Memoirs of Mister D'Artagnan, Lieutenant Captain of the first company of the King's Musketeers) by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Cologne, 1700). <br><br>
Dumas' version of the story covers the adventures of D'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628, as they are involved in intrigues involving the weak King Louis XIII of France, his powerful and cunning advisor Cardinal Richelieu, the beautiful Queen Anne of Austria, her English lover, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and the Siege of La Rochelle. Adding to the intrigue are the mysterious Milady de Winter, and Richelieu's right-hand man, the Comte de Rochefort. (summary from wikipedia)<br /><br />
Get <a href="http://librivox.org/twenty-years-after-by-alexandre-dumas/"> Twenty Years After</a> here.<br />
Get <a href="http://librivox.org/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-by-alexandre-dumas/"> The Man in the Iron Mask</a> here.
Chapters
0
Author's Preface
5m
1
THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
39m
2
THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
27m
3
THE AUDIENCE
27m
4
THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
17m
5
THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
22m
6
HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
40m
7
THE INTERIOR OF "THE MUSKETEERS"
22m
8
CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
21m
9
D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
16m
10
A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
21m
11
IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
37m
12
GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
21m
13
MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
20m
14
THE MAN OF MEUNG
22m
15
MEN OF THE ROBE AND MEN OF THE SWORD
15m
16
M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL IN ORDER TO RING IT, AS HE DID BEFORE,
21m
17
BONACIEUX AT HOME
24m
18
LOVER AND HUSBAND
15m
19
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
15m
20
THE JOURNEY
21m
21
THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
21m
22
THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
16m
23
THE RENDEZVOUS
21m
24
THE PAVILION
20m
25
PORTHOS
36m
26
ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
33m
27
THE WIFE OF ATHOS
48m
28
THE RETURN
32m
29
HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
19m
30
D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
16m
31
ENGLISH AND FRENCH
16m
32
A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
21m
33
SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS
22m
34
IN WHICH THE EQUIPMENT OF ARAMIS AND PORTHOS IS TREATED OF
21m
35
A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
19m
36
DREAM OF VENGEANCE
15m
37
MILADY'S SECRET
16m
38
HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMODING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURED HIS EQUIPMENT
20m
39
A TERRIBLE VISION
20m
40
A VISION
18m
41
THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
29m
42
THE ANJOU WINE
17m
43
THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
15m
44
THE UTILITY OF STOVEPIPES
14m
45
A CONJUGAL SCENE
12m
46
THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
13m
47
THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
30m
48
A FAMILY AFFAIR
30m
49
FATALITY
20m
50
CHAT BETWEEN BROTHER AND SISTER
19m
51
OFFICER
25m
52
CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY
21m
53
CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY
22m
54
CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY
19m
55
CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
18m
56
CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
32m
57
MEANS FOR CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
17m
58
ESCAPE
16m
59
WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH
23m
60
IN FRANCE
13m
61
THE CARMELITE CONVENT AT BETHUNE
29m
62
TWO VARIETIES OF DEMONS
10m
63
THE DROP OF WATER
27m
64
THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK
15m
65
TRIAL
16m
66
EXECUTION
11m
67
CONCLUSION
20m
68
Epilogue
3m