Three Musketeers

See also: the Three Musketeers (homonymy)

the Three Musketeers is a Romance of Alexandre Dumas, initially published in serial in the newspaper the Century from March to July 1844. It was published in 1844 with the Baudry editions. It is republished in 1846 at J.B. Fellens and L.P. Dufour with illustrations of Alive Beaucé.

Synopsis

The novel tells the adventures of a Gascon desilvered 18 years, of Artagnan, assembled with Paris to make career. It binds friendship with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, Mousquetaires of the king Louis XIII. These four men will be opposed to the Prime Minister, the Cardinal of Richelieu and with its agents, of which beautiful and mysterious the MILADY de Winter, to save the honor of the queen of France Anne of Austria. With its many combat and its romantic bounces, as the adventure of Artagnan and Constance Bonacieux the Three musketeers is the typical example of the Cloak and dagger novel .
  • Extracted: " First Monday of April 1625, the borough of Meung, where was born the author from the Romance of the Rose , seemed to be in a revolution as whole as if the Huguenot S had come from there to make one second Rochelle. Several middle-class men, indicator to flee the women on the side of the Main street, hearing the children shout on the threshold of the doors, hastened to endorse the armor and, supporting their somewhat dubious capacity of a Mousquet or of a Pertuisane, moved towards the hotel trade of the Frank Miller, in front of whom hastened, by enlarging minute in minute, a compact group, noisy and full with curiosity. "

complete Summary of the novel:

“ first Monday of the month of April 1625, the borough of Meung ” sees the young person of Artagnan, junior by Gascogne, energy in Paris to seek fortune in the musketeers, to be made humiliate by Rochefort in the presence of beautiful MILADY, all two agents of Richelieu. Rochefort will take to him its letter of introduction written by his/her father for Mr. de Tréville, captain of the musketeers of the King. In Paris, of Artagnan sees nevertheless Mr. de Tréville, but while leaving, he hustles Athos, is caught the coat of Porthos, collects a compromising handkerchief of Aramis and finds himself with final with three duels on the arms against the musketeers. The arrival of the guards of the Cardinal stops the first duel and sees Artagnan to take at once the party of his/her companions, whose adversaries are demolished and put in escape. It receives money (40 spray) hands of the King…

The young man éprend of Bonacieux Constancy, wife of his owner and maidservant of Anne of Austria, which reveals to him the intrigue assembled by Richelieu against the queen, and sends it to London to recover 12 tags imprudently offered by Anne to the duke of Buckingham, his lover, at the time of his arrival in Paris. The King had asked the queen to appear with his tags with the ball of the Aldermen, given 12 days later, with the council of the Cardinal. On its side, Richelieu gives the responsability MILADY de Winter to seize two tags in order to compromise the queen who will be consequently unable to carry to the ball the complete ornament. D' Artagnan leaves there with his/her companions accompanied by their lackeys. It leaves on its Porthos way, with the catch with a drunkard disillusioned, Aramis, touched with the arm and finally Athos, shown to be a counterfeiter. It joined finally England with a pass stolen to the Count de there authorizing Wardes. He sees the duke of Buckingham who orders with his personal jeweller to make two tags identical to those missing and with the captain of the port to block all the buildings in departure for France. D' Artagnan goes back to Paris right in time for the ball and receives its reward.

After its return, Constancy being imprisoned on order of Richelieu, and Artagnan will find his/her friends, scattered on the road, to leave to its research. It will find Porthos wounded with ankle as well as in its pride, Aramis which it will succeed in drawing aside from the orders thanks to a letter of Mrs. de Chevreuse, and finally Athos which will play and lose. They return to four to Paris where Mr. de Tréville teaches them that they leave to shift and thus which they were to prepare their equipment. It informs as Artagnan as the King had granted a place in the Musketeers to him. It is while seeking to be equipped that it meets MILADY like his brother, Lord de Winter, that it will cause in duel. It will graciera it and obtain from him a meeting with MILADY, which it more or less will court. It obtains by a stratagem the favors of MILADY, discovering thus that it was marked of a flower of Lily to red iron as robber. In return, MILADY tries to make it perish by a ambush, a poisoning then by two soldiers at the time of an attack to the seat of the La Rochelle. One night, Athos, Porthos and Aramis meet the Cardinal who takes them as bodyguard to an inn. There it will have an interview with MILADY, which will be heard of the three musketeers of the King. Richelieu requires of him to kill the duke of Buckingham and in Lady exchange of Winter asks a paper in order to be able to kill out of Artagnan without incurring the Bastille. Athos will go in the room of MILADY and paper will conceal to him.

The four men will then decide to send to the Lord de Winter a letter while informing of the actions of his/her sister-in-law and to ask the queen by the means of Mrs. de Chevreuse, where is Constance. MILADY leaves for England, is accommodated by his/her brother-in-law who locks up it. She manages to corrupt her geôlier, makes assassinate the duke of Buckingham, and arrives to France at the convent of the Carmelite nuns. However it is the convent where Constance is maintained, for its safety. It kills it at the time when of Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis arrive. D' Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, helped by Lord de Winter and the torturer of Lille - both brothers of old victims of MILADY - captures in Armentières and decides to judge it. She is condemned to the capital punishment in a unanimous way. They separate then the Musketeers return to Paris, where from Artagnan will be promoted lieutenant by the Cardinal with whom it will reconcile himself, like with Rochefort, the man of Meung.

Trilogy

The novel belongs to a trilogy made up of:

Sources

The hero of the Three musketeers is based on the historical character of Charles de Batz de Castelmore d' Artagnan of the regiment of Louis XIII of the Cadets by Gascogne. Its name is quoted in the memories and the correspondences of the time, in particular at Madam de Sévigné. Alexandre Dumas had like sources of the Mémoires of Mr. D' Artagnan Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras going back to 1700, therefore several years after the death of Artagnan. The project is in the beginning an idea of Auguste Maquet, with which Dumas collaborates in the drafting of the novel.

The novel falls under a very popular kind at the time, that of the Roman-feuilleton.

Translation

the Three Musketeers is translated into English in three different translations as of 1846. That of William Barrow always makes authority.

Adaptations cinema

Tele adaptation

Cartoon/Cartoon film

Cartoon

  • the Three Musketeers is an adaptation in Cartoon.

Theatrical adaptations

Alexandre Dumas adapts itself her Romance for the Théâtre as of 1845:

Then, among the many adaptations which followed:

See too

  • complete catalog of films of the 3 musketeers

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