The Three Musketeers
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexander Dumas is a historical and adventure French novel that recounts the ventures of an impetuous young man named d'Artagnan, who leaves home to travel to Paris, yearning to join the Musketeers of the Guard. But unsuccessful at joining the elite corps immediately, d'Artagnan is soon befriended by the three most formidable musketeers of the age – Athos, Porthos and Aramis– and gets tangled in matters of the state.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The picaresque adventures of the young d'Artagnan, who strives to become a musketeer in service of the king, unfold in a visually vibrant adaptation of Dumas's novel. It's no easy task to condense such a sprawling story into a picture book, and readers may have trouble keeping up with the swerves of the plot. French artist Andr uses airy, watercolorlike effects to create dramatic visuals suggestive of stills from an animated action film. It's an ambitious retelling, but most readers will probably benefit from outside research or conversations with adults to better understand the context and stakes of the story. Ages 8 11.
