Adaptations of the novel for dramatic performance in America date back to the late nineteenth century, when Eugene O’Neill’s father, James, performed the role of D’Artagnan, and the adaptations continued on film, with Gene Kelly as D’Artagnan and Vincent Price as Richelieu in 1948, Richard Lester’s memorable version in 1974, starring Michael York and Raquel Welch, and the 1993 Walt Disney production with Kiefer Sutherland and Charlie Sheen. (summary from wikipedia)įor further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit Dumas’s most popular work is probably his novel, The Three Musketeers. Many translations of the novel into English still exist, from wordy turn-of-the-century prose to simplified comic versions for elementary students. Adding to the intrigue are the mysterious Milady de Winter, and Richelieu's right-hand man, the Comte de Rochefort. It was later proven that Dumas had based his work on the book Mémoires de Monsieur D'Artagnan, capitaine lieutenant de la première compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi (Memoirs of Mister D'Artagnan, Lieutenant Captain of the first company of the King's Musketeers) by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Cologne, 1700).ĭumas' version of the story covers the adventures of D'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628, as they are involved in intrigues involving the weak King Louis XIII of France, his powerful and cunning advisor Cardinal Richelieu, the beautiful Queen Anne of Austria, her English lover, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and the Siege of La Rochelle. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - inseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one". It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer.
The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Librivox recording of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
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