Alexandre Dumas, E. C. Van Swearingen, Norman Price, Marcelle (AFT) Clements - The Three Musketeers

Pros: not just one story, but many little stories woven together

Cons: a bit long

The Bottom Line: A great swashbuckling adventures with heroes, villains, love, death, intrigue and betrayal.

Review: After having watched the movie by the same name, I was prompted to pick up this classic and actually read it. I also hunted around a bit for the background on the novel. Dumas was known more during his time for writing plays than novels. The ...

Pros: Rousing adventure, subtle satire, fun reading.

Cons: I honestly can't think of any.

The Bottom Line: The starting point for a host of movies and novels, worth reading for itself.

Review: I was a little hesitant to post this review of The Three Musketeers on Epinions, simply because there are 10 other reviews, several of which are excellent. However, I do have what I think is a unique approach, so I decided to go ahead. ...

Pros: excellent story and writing

Cons: the book ends!

Review: I first read "The Three Musketeers" when I was 14 years old, during summer vacation from school. I immediately fell in love with the romance of the book and must have read it four or five more times before the summer ended. This has to be my...

Pros: Great adventure story

Cons: Some actions treated too lightly

Review: Who hasn't heard about the Three Musketeers (even if there is really four) and their famous motto, "All for one, and one for all"? It's as much a part of our culture as apple pie and "Mikey likes it." However, until this past...

Pros: reads easily, a lot of adventure

Cons: a little long if you are not used to it

The Bottom Line: Must Read. This is a classical that is not too hard to read and very well worth your time.

Review: First Impressions
I absolutely loved this book! In fact, I started reading other Dumas book after it. I fell in love! :)
The style is light and vocabulary still understandable today.

Background Info
The story takes...

Pros: great story characters and pretty much everything

Cons: long and confusing for some

The Bottom Line: This is a great book that everyone should read

Review: I first read this book in eighth grade for an assignment. The book was great I read it again and got my teacher to let me read it for a big project. This was the first time a project of this size was this easy. This book just is so good. I would...

Pros: Glorious story, intriguing plot. A must read!

Cons: None, a masterpiece.

Review: This classic tale of Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and, of course, d'Artagnan, has been the best "cloak and dagger" novel since 1844. With sword fights, long chases, beautiful women, lust, love and a few deaths this novel packs more fight and...

Pros: lots of fighting :)

Cons: lots of fighting :(

Review: This is an altogether excting and attention keeping book. No movie could ever capture what Dumas wrote down. From page one to page last the story just keeps on coming. There are no slow parts.

Unlike some books where you don't know where...

Pros: seamless plot...the nefarious Milady

Cons: the apparent end of Milady

The Bottom Line: the characters follow in the "art imitating life" style...witty dialogues make up for the lenght of the journey undertaken.

Review: If ever there is a novel to pinpoint as the precursor of the modern day action thriller, it is Dumas' "The Three Musketeers". Set in France at the start of the seventeenth century, it spans some 600 pages of gripping storytelling by a master at work,...

Pros: Full of action and suspense!!

Cons: None

Review: The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas is a timeless classic. The battle cry of the three musketeers rings aloud in this fantastic tale of adventure and romance. Join the young cadet, D'Artagnan, who teams up with the three musketeers-Athos, Porthos,...