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Fiction · 2021 · PG-13

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

A young Gascon joins three legendary swordsmen in a swashbuckling adventure of honor, love, and royal intrigue

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 Aramisinseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one".The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Those three novels by Dumas are together known as the D'Artagnan Romances.The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine L

For14+GenreFictionLength700 pagesRead time~18 hours

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Violence

Some

Frequent dueling and sword combat; battles with casualties

Language

None

Period appropriate language; mild by modern standards

Sexual Content

Some

Milady uses seduction as a weapon; implied affairs and betrayal

Substance Use

Barely any

Wine and tavern scenes throughout; moderate period drinking

Emotional Intensity

Some

Schemes, betrayals, and manipulation; some morally complex characters

What this book is about

D'Artagnan arrives in Paris burning with ambition and quickly befriends the king's three finest musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they clash with Cardinal Richelieu's agents and the deadly Milady de Winter while protecting the honor of Queen Anne. Dumas weaves romance, dueling, political scheming, and unforgettable camaraderie into a timeless adventure that launched a thousand imitators.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Dueling and combat violence

Seduction and sexual manipulation by a villain

Execution scene

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