{"id":3906,"date":"2007-07-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2021-07-06T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:16:25","slug":"book-report-the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-dumas-1844-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/23\/book-report-the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-dumas-1844-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1844, 1999?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got this book as a selection in the Readers’ Digest World’s Best Reading (remember them?<\/a>) back when I thought having a number of books in handsome hardback editions was a good way to expend that gratuitous money I was making. As I got random books from old college syllabi, I eventually determined that book fairs would provide easier access to the great literature I wanted. Still, I’d seen the movies (The Three Musketeers<\/i><\/a> and The Four Musketeers<\/i><\/a>), so I thought I’d give the book a try.<\/p>\n

It’s a pretty good book; I read it faster than Anna Karenina<\/i><\/a>, and I liked it better. It’s a swashbuckler; instead of The Russian Question, we get court intrigue. Oddly, both books started out as serials, but The Three Musketeers<\/i> strikes me as more engaging and entertaining.<\/p>\n

I guess watching the films first helped me to get context, much like reading a Cliff Notes will give you an idea of how things will go so you’re engaged in getting there.<\/p>\n

So I liked the book enough that I’m more impressed with the form, that is, serialized novels that have made their way into our literary canon. Which is a good thing since I have so many Charles Dickens books lying about.<\/p>\n

In a stunning turn of events, this book marks the fourth and final book from this list<\/a> that I had on my to-read shelf that I hadn’t yet read. I’ve read them all this year.<\/p>\n

Maybe I need another hobby. Nah.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this review:<\/b><\/p>\n