The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 23 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Mixing a bit of seventeenth-century French history with a great deal of invention, Alexandre Dumas tells the tale of young D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. Together they fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu, who pretends to support the king while plotting to advance his own power. Bursting with swirling swordplay, swooning romance, and unforgettable figures---including the seductively beautiful but deadly femme fatale, Milady, and D'Artagnan's equally beautiful love, Madame Bonacieux--- The Three Musketeers continues, after a century and a half of continuous publication, to define the genre of swashbuckling romance and historical adventure.

©1923 Public Domain (P)2008 Tantor

Fantastic Original Translation

A rollicking story told in an excellent translation from the French. I could not recommend more highly. Keep in mind when purchasing this version, that this audiobook is unabridged and will take almost 24 hours to complete.

Great Classic

I first read the Three Musketeers about twenty years ago, and from then on proclaimed it as my favorite story of all time. Although it takes a little getting used to, as the listener must get used to hearing many city names and terms in French (I don't speak much French), one does get used to it and soon the story is rolling along like thunder, and one doesn't notice it.
For the record, and on a different note, it takes about 1,000 livre to buy a quality horse. There are about ten livre to a pistole. a pistole is similar to a Spanish doubloon, a little less than a half ounce of gold.
I think.

Very entertaining.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I am anxious to continue with the next installment in the series.

Well worth listening to.

A classic. Although it gets tedious at times I really enjoyed listening to this. Well read by the excellent narrator, the only thing that puzzled me was the inconsistent pronunciation of “d’Artagnon,” specifically regarding where the accent is placed in his name. The glimpse into this bit of history and culture is fascinating and story itself, riveting.

So much more to the story than I realized

And the 90s version of the story is all I really knew, and the entire book was entertaining and fascinating between how much more to the story there was and how much political intrigue there ones.

My only critique is the volume level varied so much that it was frequently difficult to hear. Maybe this could be remixed so that there was less variation and more consistent sound levels?

Classic for a reason

Loved it the reader was great. John Lee is one of my favorite readers. Two thumbs up.

One of the best

I love the pre historic research highlighted throughout the Story. Alexandre Dumas tells an excellent story.

Classic for a reason!

This book is so much fun. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a good time.

Original and Fabulous

First Dumas I've read, and it was a romp. Loosely on history of the King's Musketeers and the siege of La Rochelle which was a Protestant rebellion or the Huegenots, this is a tale of intrigue and the battle of good vs evil.

Fictionalized historic characters include King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, Monsieur de Tréville, Anne of Austria, Duke of Buckingham, and his assassin, John Felton. The characters, both historical and not, are fabulous, and the setting and descriptions wonderfully detailed.

While different from the many movies based on it, this makes me want to go back and see some of those treasures again, and to read more by Dumas.

John Lee's narration was superb and kept the pace of this book wonderfully.

What can I say about the Three Musketeers

I guess the only thing I feel qualified enough to rate is the performance of John Lee- I found his performance outstanding. The characters discernable, and his alliteration is superb. Lee provides the reading this classic deserves.