[.ca] Three Musketeers (Mp3-Cd) (Unabr.) (ISBN 1596009721)

The Three Musketeers:
The Three Musketeers is a classic story of love and deceit. The story focuses around the journeys of D'Artagnan, in his quest to become a member of the King's elite guard unit, the Musketeers. Many of these journeys end up in life or death situations, and the young Gascon must rely heavily on the companionship of his three Musketeer friends, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, for survival. The plot contains many twists, and several of the characters are not who they appear to be. Even though the book is fairly long, it always kept me hooked with its adventurous plot and action filled fight scenes. If you enjoy a great tale of love, companionship, deceit, and betrayal, and have some time on your hands, this book is a must read.

Swashbuckling Good Fun!!:
What fun! This books just jumps right out and keeps moving along (except for a couple of slow spots -- but needed to develop the character's past, etc.) The cameraderie between the Musketeers is awesome and they are incredibly wonderful scamps. D'artagnon was adorable, as were Athos, Aramis and Porthos. The evil Milady was truly EVIL and WICKED. The dialogue was brilliant (as always), it just crackled right along. I think we all know the basic story and how it ended, but reading the book was much more enjoyable than the movie, as they always are. It did bring back many memories of that wonderful version from the 70's, with Michael York and Raquel Welch. I will have to revisit that. I also highly recommend reading the sequels, Twenty Years After, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Vallière and The Man in the Iron Mask. Dumas rocks!!

Good Book If You Like Adventure.:
The Three Musketeers is about a boy around 20 years of age named D'Artagnan who travels to France to become a Musketeer. He then encounters three important characters named Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. He arranges a duel with each of them and then realizes that they are all Musketeers. Soon the Cardinal's guards arrive to fight with the Musketeers. D'Artagnan fights with the Musketeers and defeats the leader of the Cardinal's guards that attacked the Musketeers. After this he makes a name for himself to the King, Cardinal, and the leader of the Musketeers, M. de Treville. He makes friends with Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. He soon gets involved in a plot against the Queen set up by the Cardinal, and D'Artangnan is the only one who can save the Queen from her predicament. In the process he also becomes deeply involved with one of the Queen's servants. The characters were exellent and their personalities fit together perfectly. Dumas combines action, comedy, and romance into one well written novel. Altough it was fairly wordy, the plot was good and kept me interested throughout the book. The characters are portrayed very well in the book; there's the treachorous Milady, who is completely nuts. D'artagnan who is just an all-around hero. He has brains, and skill, and anything he lacks he makes up for with pure bravado and determination. Athos, who was a wise and sad character, and the most excellent leader. Aramis, was an interesting cross between religion and swashbucklery, while Porthos could not be funnier. I also enjoyed the way the mood of the story could change from moment to moment. Lightheartedness at the beginning when D'Artagnan meets the Three Musketeers. Suspense at the capture of M. Bonacioux. As well as pride, whenever the heroes cry out the well remembered "One for all, and all for one." Overall I think this is a great book and highly recommend others read it.

Duma's excellant Romantic Novel:
Alexandre Duma's Three Musketeers was an excellant but long read. It was assigned to me as an english project, and although I was under the time deadline, I found myself drawn into the book more and more. The tale follows D'artangan, a young and gallant Gascon, and his journey to, and occupancy in, Paris. The story changes angles and approaches many times, to the point where someone who at first seems an enemy, eventually becomes a friend. The book dips back into a theme of chivalry, as goes with the time period of the book. It comes back to a mentality where women are revered, respected, and fought for and fought over. At the slightest malicious word, swords are drawn and a duel to the death is fought. I would recommend this book to anyone who finds themselves with the time to be drawn into a classic romantic novel, and enjoys reading about "swashbuckling adventure"!

A very good classic:
The Three Musketeers is really a pretty good book and worth reading. The musketeers are Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but there is also another character which is almost more the focus of the novel. This is D'artagnan, a young man who first comes to blows with each of the Musketeers, but then becomes good friends with each of them. I'd say the first half of this novel seems a little less focused than the first. I don't know if it was just me, but I found I kept getting confused about what exactly what was happening and how various events were related. The second half seems much more clear and is certainly very entertaining. Dumas gives each of the characters a distinct personality and although the musketeers often seem mysterious, there's still a sense of understanding their motivation and concerns. Each is a brave gentleman in service of their country, enjoying their adventures and journeys. I'd say this is really a good book and definitely worth reading if you're interested.