The 3D Musketeers

The 3D steampunk version of The Three Musketeers is opening October 21, with Orlando Bloom and Matthew Macfadyen. It looks wild and wonderful and may prompt you to read the book. But which translation of Dumas's novel should you choose?

You may be tempted by the pretty-looking new version by prize-winning Richard Pevear, who's been hailed for his work with Russian authors. Resist!

I've read many translations of TTM and Pevear's is slow when it should speed along. Partly that's because ...