The Three Musketeers (In French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, p re. Set in the seventeenth century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a guard of the musketeers. 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 "all for one, one for all" ("tous pour un, un pour tous"). The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Those three novels by Dumas are together known as the d'Artagnan Romances.
At the age of nineteen, Edmond Dant s seems to have the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a beautiful and kind young woman, Merc d s, and he is well liked by almost everyone who knows him. This perfect life, however, stirs up dangerous jealousy among some of Dant s's so-called friends. Danglars, the treasurer of Dant s's ship, envies Dant s's early career success; Fernand Mondego is in love with Dant s's fianc e and so covets his amorous success; his neighbor Caderousse is simply envious that Dant s is so much luckier in life than he is. Together, these three men draft a letter accusing Dant s of treason. There is some truth to their accusations: as a favor to his recently deceased captain, Dant s is carrying a letter from Napoleon to a group of Bonapartist sympathizers in Paris. Though Dant s himself has no political leanings, the undertaking is enough to implicate him for treason. On the day of his wedding, Dant s is arrested for his alleged crimes. The deputy public prosecutor, Villefort, sees through the plot to frame Dant s and is prepared to set him free. At the last moment, though, Dant s jeopardizes his freedom by revealing the name of the man to whom he is supposed to deliver Napoleon's letter. The man, Noirtier, is Villefort's father. Terrified that any public knowledge of his father's treasonous activities will thwart his own ambitions, Villefort decides to send Dant s to prison for life. Despite the entreaties of Monsieur Morrel, Dant s's kind and honest boss, Dant s is sent to the infamous Ch teau d'If, where the most dangerous political prisoners are kept. While in prison, Dant s meets Abb Faria, an Italian priest and intellectual, who has been jailed for his political views. Faria teaches Dant s history, science, philosophy, and languages, turning him into a well-educated man. Faria also bequeaths to Dant s a large treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, and he tells him how to find it should he ever escape. When Faria dies, Dant s hides himself in the abb 's shroud, thinking that he will be buried and then dig his way out. Instead, Dant s is thrown into the sea, and is able to cut himself loose and swim to freedom. Dant s travels to Monte Cristo and finds Faria's enormous treasure. He considers his fortune a gift from God, given to him for the sole purpose of rewarding those who have tried to help him and, more important, punishing those who have hurt him. Disguising himself as an Italian priest who answers to the name of Abb Busoni, he travels back to Marseilles and visits Caderousse, who is now struggling to make a living as an innkeeper. From Caderousse he learns the details of the plot to frame him. In addition, Dant s learns that his father has died of grief in his absence and that Merc d s has married Fernand Mondego. Most frustrating, he learns that both Danglars and Mondego have become rich and powerful and are living happily in Paris. As a reward for this information, and for Caderousse's apparent regret over the part he played in Dant s's downfall, Dant s gives Caderousse a valuable diamond. Before leaving Marseilles, Dant s anonymously saves Morrel from financial ruin.
At the age of nineteen, Edmond Dant s seems to have the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a beautiful and kind young woman, Merc d s, and he is well liked by almost everyone who knows him. This perfect life, however, stirs up dangerous jealousy among some of Dant s's so-called friends. Danglars, the treasurer of Dant s's ship, envies Dant s's early career success; Fernand Mondego is in love with Dant s's fianc e and so covets his amorous success; his neighbor Caderousse is simply envious that Dant s is so much luckier in life than he is. Together, these three men draft a letter accusing Dant s of treason. There is some truth to their accusations: as a favor to his recently deceased captain, Dant s is carrying a letter from Napoleon to a group of Bonapartist sympathizers in Paris. Though Dant s himself has no political leanings, the undertaking is enough to implicate him for treason. On the day of his wedding, Dant s is arrested for his alleged crimes. The deputy public prosecutor, Villefort, sees through the plot to frame Dant s and is prepared to set him free. At the last moment, though, Dant s jeopardizes his freedom by revealing the name of the man to whom he is supposed to deliver Napoleon's letter. The man, Noirtier, is Villefort's father. Terrified that any public knowledge of his father's treasonous activities will thwart his own ambitions, Villefort decides to send Dant s to prison for life. Despite the entreaties of Monsieur Morrel, Dant s's kind and honest boss, Dant s is sent to the infamous Ch teau d'If, where the most dangerous political prisoners are kept. While in prison, Dant s meets Abb Faria, an Italian priest and intellectual, who has been jailed for his political views. Faria teaches Dant s history, science, philosophy, and languages, turning him into a well-educated man. Faria also bequeaths to Dant s a large treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, and he tells him how to find it should he ever escape. When Faria dies, Dant s hides himself in the abb 's shroud, thinking that he will be buried and then dig his way out. Instead, Dant s is thrown into the sea, and is able to cut himself loose and swim to freedom. Dant s travels to Monte Cristo and finds Faria's enormous treasure. He considers his fortune a gift from God, given to him for the sole purpose of rewarding those who have tried to help him and, more important, punishing those who have hurt him. Disguising himself as an Italian priest who answers to the name of Abb Busoni, he travels back to Marseilles and visits Caderousse, who is now struggling to make a living as an innkeeper. From Caderousse he learns the details of the plot to frame him. In addition, Dant s learns that his father has died of grief in his absence and that Merc d s has married Fernand Mondego. Most frustrating, he learns that both Danglars and Mondego have become rich and powerful and are living happily in Paris. As a reward for this information, and for Caderousse's apparent regret over the part he played in Dant s's downfall, Dant s gives Caderousse a valuable diamond. Before leaving Marseilles, Dant s anonymously saves Morrel from financial ruin.
At the age of nineteen, Edmond Dant s seems to have the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a beautiful and kind young woman, Merc d s, and he is well liked by almost everyone who knows him. This perfect life, however, stirs up dangerous jealousy among some of Dant s's so-called friends. Danglars, the treasurer of Dant s's ship, envies Dant s's early career success; Fernand Mondego is in love with Dant s's fianc e and so covets his amorous success; his neighbor Caderousse is simply envious that Dant s is so much luckier in life than he is. Together, these three men draft a letter accusing Dant s of treason. There is some truth to their accusations: as a favor to his recently deceased captain, Dant s is carrying a letter from Napoleon to a group of Bonapartist sympathizers in Paris. Though Dant s himself has no political leanings, the undertaking is enough to implicate him for treason. On the day of his wedding, Dant s is arrested for his alleged crimes. The deputy public prosecutor, Villefort, sees through the plot to frame Dant s and is prepared to set him free. At the last moment, though, Dant s jeopardizes his freedom by revealing the name of the man to whom he is supposed to deliver Napoleon's letter. The man, Noirtier, is Villefort's father. Terrified that any public knowledge of his father's treasonous activities will thwart his own ambitions, Villefort decides to send Dant s to prison for life. Despite the entreaties of Monsieur Morrel, Dant s's kind and honest boss, Dant s is sent to the infamous Ch teau d'If, where the most dangerous political prisoners are kept. While in prison, Dant s meets Abb Faria, an Italian priest and intellectual, who has been jailed for his political views. Faria teaches Dant s history, science, philosophy, and languages, turning him into a well-educated man. Faria also bequeaths to Dant s a large treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, and he tells him how to find it should he ever escape. When Faria dies, Dant s hides himself in the abb 's shroud, thinking that he will be buried and then dig his way out. Instead, Dant s is thrown into the sea, and is able to cut himself loose and swim to freedom. Dant s travels to Monte Cristo and finds Faria's enormous treasure. He considers his fortune a gift from God, given to him for the sole purpose of rewarding those who have tried to help him and, more important, punishing those who have hurt him. Disguising himself as an Italian priest who answers to the name of Abb Busoni, he travels back to Marseilles and visits Caderousse, who is now struggling to make a living as an innkeeper. From Caderousse he learns the details of the plot to frame him. In addition, Dant s learns that his father has died of grief in his absence and that Merc d s has married Fernand Mondego. Most frustrating, he learns that both Danglars and Mondego have become rich and powerful and are living happily in Paris. As a reward for this information, and for Caderousse's apparent regret over the part he played in Dant s's downfall, Dant s gives Caderousse a valuable diamond. Before leaving Marseilles, Dant s anonymously saves Morrel from financial ruin.
"It was mine, since we are from Liege." The two speakers exchanged bows. "You must know then," continued the Baron de Valef, "that the Chevalier Raoul d'Harmental, one of my most intimate friends, last night, in my company, picked up a quarrel, which will finish this morning by a meeting. Our adversaries were three, and we but two. I went this morning to the houses of the Marquis de Gac and Comte de Sourgis, but unfortunately neither the one nor the other had passed the night in his bed; so, as the affair could not wait, as I must set out in two hours for Spain, and that we absolutely require a second, or rather a third, I installed myself on the Pont Neuf with the intention of addressing the first gentleman who passed. You passed, and I addressed myself to you." "And you have done right, pardieu rest satisfied, baron, I am your man.
One September afternoon in 1751, towards half-past five, about a score of small boys, chattering, pushing, and tumbling over one another like a covey of partridges, issued from one of the religious schools of Chartres. The joy of the little troop just escaped from a long and wearisome captivity was doubly great: a slight accident to one of the teachers had caused the class to be dismissed half an hour earlier than usual, and in consequence of the extra work thrown on the teaching staff the brother whose duty it was to see all the scholars safe home was compelled to omit that part of his daily task.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne is the third Dumas novel to include d'Artagnan and his companions, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. The novel is set during the 1660s and worried about the early rule of Louis XIV. The principal half of the original focuses for the most part on Athos and Athos who are dealing with two separate plans. The protagonist of the novel is the musketeers. The book-length finds it much of the time broken into smaller parts. The time frame is set somewhere in the range of 1660 and 1673 against the background of the transformation of Louis XIV from child monarch to Sun King.After 35 years of loyal service, d'Artagnan leaves as lieutenant of the Musketeers. He takes steps to help the exiled Charles II to retake the throne of England. With their help, Charles II is reestablished to the throne, and d'Artagnan is rewarded luxuriously. Part One of the book discusses romantic events at the court of Louis XIV. Raoul de Bragelonne tries to marry his childhood love Louise de La Valli re. Philippe turns out to be terribly desirous of Buckingham and has him banished after their wedding. Aramis learns of a secret prisoner who looks similar to Louis XIV and convinces the Jesuits to name him their new king.
