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The Three Musketeers
by Pauline Francis, Alexandre Dumas
Staring dumbfounded at the screen during my first viewing of Slumdog Millionaire, ignorant to the correct response to Jamal’s final question, I vowed that I would one day read this book – and now I have!
I knew going in that I would like the writing style -- having read The Count of Monte Cristo last year, I became very much a fan of Dumas’ narrative. The Three Musketeers, in that vein, does not disappoint. I found myself equally enthralled by not only the four (despite the book’s misleading title!) soldiers-at-arms, but the antagonist as well. Since women in The Count of Monte Cristo mainly play secondary roles, it was a nice change of pace for Dumas to have the “fairer” sex play the villain this time around.
Overall, The Three Musketeers is a gratifying and dynamic read. I recommend that everyone become acquainted with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis – three names that, just like Jamal, I will not soon forget.
I knew going in that I would like the writing style -- having read The Count of Monte Cristo last year, I became very much a fan of Dumas’ narrative. The Three Musketeers, in that vein, does not disappoint. I found myself equally enthralled by not only the four (despite the book’s misleading title!) soldiers-at-arms, but the antagonist as well. Since women in The Count of Monte Cristo mainly play secondary roles, it was a nice change of pace for Dumas to have the “fairer” sex play the villain this time around.
Overall, The Three Musketeers is a gratifying and dynamic read. I recommend that everyone become acquainted with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis – three names that, just like Jamal, I will not soon forget.