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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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The Three Musketeers (I never really got the name. They primarily use swords. Not muskets) is an amazing adventure tale from Alexandre Dumas. Though very long winded in its original form like The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers has just as much if not more adventure than it’s successor. The Disney adaptation was pretty good as well.

The story of the The Three Musketeers is a coming of age tale of d’Artagnan, a young man looking for adventure in the early 1600’s. After leaving home for Paris, he finds he can’t fulfill his dream of becoming an honored Musketeer. He does meet 3 of the Guards’ more interesting members: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. The four of them uncover a plot to assassinate the king and go off on an adventure all over France to thwart it.

This is a great story and with many different versions out there, it is easy to find one for all reading levels. I think at this point I have read several starting at a young age and who knows how many times I’ve seen the Disney movie with Charlie Sheen before he went crazy. I would recommend this book to just about anyone.

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The Count of Monte Cristo review

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Probably the longest book I have ever read, French writer Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo was well worth the 1,400 plus page marathon. The story, or how-to manual on revenge, follow Edmond Dantes and his life starting at ok, dropping to horrible, and his rise to greatness through the motivation of vengeance. Yes, this book is as epic as it sounds.

Edmond Dantes, a sailor, becomes captain of his ship and is about to marry his beautiful bride, Mercedes. Fernand Mondego, Edmond’s best friend, and Danglars, Edmond’s coworker, are jealous of this and plot to have Edmond, something of an ignorant, charged with treason. While sentenced to a prison island, Edmond befriends Abbe Faria, who teaches him to genius level intelligence which Edmond uses to plot the most elaborate revenge plan ever.

Though this book is quite long I have had no problem reading it twice. The plot and history are so exciting, you can’t wait to see what will happen next or to see if Edmond wins back his beautiful bride, Mercedes. Alexandre Dumas is definitely an author for the ages. I had to read The Three Musketeers after this and it was awesome too.

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The Three Musketeers review