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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

Start date: July 31, 2011

Finish date: October 22, 2011

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Mar 18, 2017 Alana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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First off, this book is ridiculous. It pokes fun at chivalry, youth, the "romantic" classics, etc, and is borderline satirical. The tone shifts so much from the beginning to the end of the story, however, that I can't really classify it as a satire. It's misogynistic, but also contains a brilliant villainess who is by far the most intriguing character in the entire epic.

There are a number of disturbing elements which I suppose make it a classic of chivalry, but make it less appealing to me. The ...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Drew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was a really fun read although it does bog down in places.

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Oct 24, 2011 Ellen Librarian rated it really liked it

A fun read that had more cynicism and less swashbuckling than I anticipated. The Musketeers (there are actually four of them) are not quite the noble warriors I expected. In fact, they're more endearingly rogue than noble.

One thing that struck me is that the story seems like two books in one. It begins as a story about male valor and exploits and then, about halfway through, the great villainess Milady takes over. It's as if Dumas started out to write one book and then, midstream, wrote another. ...more

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