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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'Artagnan Romances; And Twenty
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'Artagnan Romances; And Twenty Years After, a Sequel (1893) Hardcover - 2008

by Alexandre Dumas


About this book

The Three Musketeers is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a guard of the musketeers. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title, which refers to Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, three inseparable friends who live by the motto: "All for one, one for all" ("Tous pour un, un pour tous"). The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Dumas' Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. The three novels are together known as the d'Artagnan Romances. 

First Edition Identification

The Three Musketeers was originally published as a serial novel, appearing one chapter at a time in the Parisian newspaper Le Siècle from March 14, 1844 to July 1, 1844.

Details

  • Title The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'Artagnan Romances; And Twenty Years After, a Sequel (1893)
  • Author Alexandre Dumas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 682
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Kessinger Publishing
  • Date 2008-06-02
  • ISBN 9781436599160 / 1436599164
  • Weight 2.56 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.63 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 4.14 cm)
  • Reading level 570
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC