![]() ![]() D’Artagnan is a young Gascon man eager to make his name by joining the musketeers, and he quickly befriends the Three and joins them on many adventures. Everyone knows the story, right? Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are the eponymous black sheep within the musketeers: the ones who don’t play by the rules but nevertheless still hold to the ancient rites of honour. It seems almost silly to give much of a plot summary of The Three Musketeers. This time, I did a little research and discovered that Richard Pevear has a relatively new translation out, and that my UK library had a copy! Strangely, the title page promises that this edition is “Translated with an Introduction by Richard Pevear,” but there is no introduction to be found. But at that precocious age I found the nineteenth century language and over-the-top tropes of romance and revenge difficult to enjoy, and I don’t recall if I ever finished it. I have vague memories of borrowing a book with a yellow hardback cover from the library when I was much, much younger. ![]() Thrilled by the excellent recent adaptation by the BBC, I decided it was time to finally read The Three Musketeers. ![]()
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