The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas · Free audiobook · 69 chapters

Librivox recording of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. 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, "One for all, and all for one". The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It was later proven that Dumas had based his work on the book Mémoires de Monsieur D'Artagnan, capitaine lieutenant de la première compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi (Memoirs of Mister D'Artagnan, Lieutenant Captain of the first company of the King's Musketeers) by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Cologne, 1700). Dumas' version of the story covers the adventures of D'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628, as they are involved in intrigues involving the weak King Louis XIII of France, his powerful and cunning advisor Cardinal Richelieu, the beautiful Queen Anne of Austria, her English lover, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and the Siege of La Rochelle. Adding to the intrigue are the mysterious Milady de Winter, and Richelieu's right-hand man, the Comte de Rochefort. (summary from wikipedia) For further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org .

Chapters

• 1. 00 - Author's Preface5:58
• 2. 01 - The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder39:20
• 3. 02 - The Antechamber of M. De Treville27:24
• 4. 03 - The Audience27:59
• 5. 04 - The Shoulder of Athos, The Baldric of Porthos and the Handerchief of Aramis17:53
• 6. 05 - The King's Musketeers and the Cardinal's Guards22:28
• 7. 06 - His Majesty King Louis XIII40:17
• 8. 07 - The Interior of \'The Musketeers\'22:26
• 9. 08 - Concerning A Court Intrigue21:10
• 10. 09 - D'Artagnan Shows HImself16:42
• 11. 10 - A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century21:08
• 12. 11 - In Which the Plot Thickens37:25
• 13. 12 - George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham21:22
• 14. 13 - Monsieur Bonacieux20:23
• 15. 14 - The Man of Meung22:10
• 16. 15 - Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword15:15
• 17. 16 - M. Seguier, Keeper of the Seals, Looks More Than Once for the Bell in Order to Ring It, As He Did Before21:03
• 18. 17 - Bonacieux at Home24:27
• 19. 18 - Lover and Husband15:24
• 20. 19 - Plan of Campaign15:53
• 21. 20 - The Journey21:56
• 22. 21 - The Countess de Winter21:57
• 23. 22 - The Ballet of La Merlaison16:14
• 24. 23 - The Rendevous21:20
• 25. 24 - The Pavilion20:45
• 26. 25 - Porthos36:33
• 27. 26 - Aramis and His Thesis33:17
• 28. 27 - The Wife of Athos48:25
• 29. 28 - The Return32:11
• 30. 29 - Hunting for the Equipments19:52
• 31. 30 - D'Artagnan and the Englishman16:11
• 32. 31 - English and French16:14
• 33. 32 - A Procurator's Dinner21:17
• 34. 33 - Soubrette and Mistress22:49
• 35. 34 - In Which the Equipment of Aramis and Porthos is Treated of21:41
• 36. 35 - A Gascon A Match for Cupid19:25
• 37. 36 - Dream of Vengeance15:56
• 38. 37 - Milady's Secret16:01
• 39. 38 - How, Without Incommoding HImself, Athos Procured His Equipment20:52
• 40. 39 - A Terrible Vision20:38
• 41. 40 - A Vision18:35
• 42. 41 - The Seige of La Rochelle29:14
• 43. 42 - The Anjou Wine17:58
• 44. 43 - The Sign of the Red Dovecot15:59
• 45. 44 - The Utility of Stovepipes14:59
• 46. 45 - A Conjugal Scene12:06
• 47. 46 - The Bastion Saint-Gervais13:15
• 48. 47 - The Council of the Musketeers31:00
• 49. 48 - A Family Affair30:09
• 50. 49 - Fatality20:59
• 51. 50 - Chat Between Brother and Sister19:49
• 52. 51 - Officer25:22
• 53. 52 - Captivity: The First Day21:01
• 54. 53 - Captivity: The Second Day22:30
• 55. 54 - Captivity: The Third Day19:34
• 56. 55 - Captivity: The Fourth Day18:39
• 57. 56 - Captivity: The Fifth Day32:21
• 58. 57 - Means for Classical Tragedy17:36
• 59. 58 - Escape16:03
• 60. 59 - What Took Place at Portsmouth23:21
• 61. 60 - In France13:39
• 62. 61 - The Carmelite Convent at Bethune29:51
• 63. 62 - Two Varieties of Demons10:47
• 64. 63 - The Drop of Water27:31
• 65. 64 - The Man in the Red Cloak15:31
• 66. 65 - Trial16:20
• 67. 66 - Execution11:32
• 68. 67 - Conclusion20:58
• 69. 68 - Epilogue3:35