num_pages: 704
description: A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of Anna Karenina -with a spectacular, specially illustrated coverThe Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas's historical novels and one of the most popular adventure stories ever written. Now in a bracing new translation, this swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long he finds treachery and court intrigue-and also three boon the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: The Three Musketeers
titlecomplete: The Three Musketeers (The d'Artagnan Romances, #1)
characters: Athos, Anne of Austria, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Monsieur de Treville, D'Artagnan, King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, Milady de Winter, Constance Bonacieux, Aramis, Porthos
genres: Classics, Adventure, France, Historical, Novels, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 316542
places: La Rochelle, France, Paris
series: Les Trois Mousquetaires, The d’Artagnan Romances, Lawrence Ellsworth's Musketeer Cycle Translations
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 16-17 anys
publisher: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition