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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
i always wanted to read this but never bothered to. got this for free and it's fun but i can't imagine reading 600+ pages of this. also used to love the movie when i was a kid.
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
I had read this when I was younger, albeit an abridged version with none of the sex, but I really thought there was more story than this! Every adaptation I have seen I have enjoyed. But now reading again, I am at a loss as to how they got enough content for films... I mean it was entertaining at times, more in a "um ok so that just happened" way. Content wise it is just sword fights and sex, with very little plot to string the events together. You also weren't really sure which side you should be rooting for... But maybe that was the point?
One thing I will say about this edition, is the performance by all the narrators was terrific. You felt like you were in the action, and all did a really good job. So if you like sword fights and books about male honour... Then choose this version because it is very well done.
One thing I will say about this edition, is the performance by all the narrators was terrific. You felt like you were in the action, and all did a really good job. So if you like sword fights and books about male honour... Then choose this version because it is very well done.
Tenía ganas de leer este libro, por varios motivos: porque es todo un clásico, porque ha dado lugar a un montón de películas, porque de pequeña era muy fan de “Los tres mosqueperros”...
I love me some French boi's with swords and nice hats.
I bought this new translation - my younger son has read it (I read it originally years ago in another translation - but these are the ones who did the new translation of Anna Karennina which I loved). My son, John, assures me that this is THE translation of the Three Musketeers, so I've started reading it among all the other books I'm reading. I hope to be able to concentrate on it, soon.
This was a very enjoyable read. I suppose it being a new translation I understand things I didn't before since it was so "edited". Some things make much more sense. The prologue on Dumas and his characters was also very interesting. D'Artagnan, the principal character, is practical, down-to-earth where his companions -Athos, Porthos and Aramis are very casual. Aramis is, after all, intending to be a priest someday so is only a musketeer temporarily. Porthos is a blustering braggart, but a good friend. Athos is a disillusioned lord who is a musketeer only because he can remain anonymous. D'Artagnan falls foul of all 3 separately on his first day in Paris. When they all show up together for their duels, he commands their respect by apologizing if he is unable to fight the others because one of them kills him. They are interrupted by the Cardinal's guards and in the fight form a bond of friendship. The musketeers adopt D'Artagnan as one of them altho he cannot be a musketeer until he has served a year or two in some other company or performed some valiant act making him eligible to join. (I always did wonder why it took so long for him to become a musketeer.)
Anyway, the book is great fun and an interesting read. I want to read more and have downloaded "Twenty Years After" which I read in high school in the 70s and would like to get another look at.
This was a very enjoyable read. I suppose it being a new translation I understand things I didn't before since it was so "edited". Some things make much more sense. The prologue on Dumas and his characters was also very interesting. D'Artagnan, the principal character, is practical, down-to-earth where his companions -Athos, Porthos and Aramis are very casual. Aramis is, after all, intending to be a priest someday so is only a musketeer temporarily. Porthos is a blustering braggart, but a good friend. Athos is a disillusioned lord who is a musketeer only because he can remain anonymous. D'Artagnan falls foul of all 3 separately on his first day in Paris. When they all show up together for their duels, he commands their respect by apologizing if he is unable to fight the others because one of them kills him. They are interrupted by the Cardinal's guards and in the fight form a bond of friendship. The musketeers adopt D'Artagnan as one of them altho he cannot be a musketeer until he has served a year or two in some other company or performed some valiant act making him eligible to join. (I always did wonder why it took so long for him to become a musketeer.)
Anyway, the book is great fun and an interesting read. I want to read more and have downloaded "Twenty Years After" which I read in high school in the 70s and would like to get another look at.
It was my favourite book as a teen, and for a very good reason (it's amazing!), so to come here and see low ratings because of "crime, rape, aggression, lies, stealing and fights" in it is disheartening. If we throw away all literature where the protagonists are flawed, we will probably be left with cookbooks and instructions manuals.
Je suis d'avis que plus de gens devraient mentionner à quel point ce livre est drôle.
C'est un roman trash de qualité. D'Artagnan voyage à Paris ; il rencontre les trois mousquetaires éponymes : Athos, Porthos et Aramis ; il devient lui-même mousquetaire ; tous les quatre font des courses pour la reine Anne d'Autriche ; ils déjouent les complots politiques de l'infâme cardinal Richelieu le scélérat, qui cherche à exposer l'affaire de la reine avec le duc anglais de Buckingham. Ensuite, il y a Milady de Winter, le meilleur personnage jamais créé par Dumas : il y a beaucoup de problèmes avec cette partie, y compris de multiples cas de viol et de meurtre, mais Milady est toujours dure à cuire. C'est un personnage délicat et compliqué, car d'une part, elle utilise délibérément son sexe et sa sexualité comme outils pour obtenir ce qu'elle veut dans une société patriarcale... mais d'autre part, elle est toujours décrite comme une femme volage, inconstante et émotive, qui est finalement plus faible que les hommes galants, durs et masculins.
Le roman est pourtant si amusant. En tant que pur divertissement de cape et d'épée, le roman excelle. Conversation intéressante entre la France du XVIIe et du XIXe siècle, le roman nous fascine. L'écriture est simple, la syntaxe est captivante : c'est un peu comme un film d'action ringard.
C'est un roman trash de qualité. D'Artagnan voyage à Paris ; il rencontre les trois mousquetaires éponymes : Athos, Porthos et Aramis ; il devient lui-même mousquetaire ; tous les quatre font des courses pour la reine Anne d'Autriche ; ils déjouent les complots politiques de l'infâme cardinal Richelieu le scélérat, qui cherche à exposer l'affaire de la reine avec le duc anglais de Buckingham. Ensuite, il y a Milady de Winter, le meilleur personnage jamais créé par Dumas : il y a beaucoup de problèmes avec cette partie, y compris de multiples cas de viol et de meurtre, mais Milady est toujours dure à cuire. C'est un personnage délicat et compliqué, car d'une part, elle utilise délibérément son sexe et sa sexualité comme outils pour obtenir ce qu'elle veut dans une société patriarcale... mais d'autre part, elle est toujours décrite comme une femme volage, inconstante et émotive, qui est finalement plus faible que les hommes galants, durs et masculins.
Le roman est pourtant si amusant. En tant que pur divertissement de cape et d'épée, le roman excelle. Conversation intéressante entre la France du XVIIe et du XIXe siècle, le roman nous fascine. L'écriture est simple, la syntaxe est captivante : c'est un peu comme un film d'action ringard.