The Three Musketeers

Name: The Three Musketeers
ISBN: 9787544731560

Alexandre DumasYilin Press2013

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Word count: 601K words
ISBN: 9787544731560

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Summary

The Three Musketeers (also known in Chinese as The Three Musketeers, French original Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a long historical novel written by the French author Alexandre Dumas in 1844, first serialized in the Paris newspaper Le Siècle. The story is set in the 1620s during the reign of Louis XIII: D'Artagnan, a young nobleman from the provinces, arrives in Paris with fifteen écus from his father and a letter of recommendation, riding a lean horse, hoping to join the Musketeers of the Guard under Captain de Tréville. In the captain's antechamber, his rashness offends three musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and their arranged duels lead to acquaintance and then to a lifelong bond, sealed with the oath "All for one, one for all." The novel's main thread is the conflict between royal and ecclesiastical power: Cardinal Richelieu, all-powerful at court, maneuvers against King Louis XIII and Queen Anne of Austria. The Queen gives a diamond studded pendant, a gift from the King, to her former lover the Duke of Buckingham; Richelieu schemes to have her appear at a court ball without the full set of studs. Asked by the Queen's lady-in-waiting Madame Bonacieux, D'Artagnan and the three musketeers overcome every obstacle to retrieve the pendant from England and deliver it to the Queen before the ball, foiling the plot. Richelieu then sends his trusted spy Milady to England to assassinate Buckingham and besieges the Protestant stronghold of La Rochelle. The four repeatedly contend with the beautiful and ruthless Milady through imprisonment, escape, revenge, and trial, ultimately thwarting her plans. In the end, Richelieu appoints D'Artagnan a lieutenant of the musketeers, and his three friends each find their own place. Tightly plotted, vividly dialogued, and sharply characterized, the book combines the appeal of a historical panorama with popular adventure, and is one of the representative works of French Romantic historical fiction.

Editor's review

如果一个荒岛上的鲁滨逊只能带一本书，也许他会带《三剑客》——这部小说问世以来，就一直以这样的口碑流传。大仲马把17世纪法国的宫廷权谋、火枪手的骑士风度与市井趣味拧成一股绳：一场因撞肩膀而起的决斗，换来四人“人人为我，我为人人”的生死之交；一串金刚钻坠子，引出横跨英吉利海峡的追逐；一个笑容甜美、心肠狠毒的女人，让整个故事越到后来越冷峻。周克希先生是法语文学翻译的名家，其译本句式干净、对白俏皮，较好地保留了原著的节奏感与幽默感。这一版由译林出版社作为“经典译林”之一推出，属经过全面校订的精装本，篇幅厚实，适合完整通读。金庸曾自述其武侠写作受过此书的启发，读者若喜欢江湖义气、快意恩仇，往往也能在这里找到共鸣。需要提醒的是，这不是一本只有热血的书：四位好友各自带着旧伤与秘密，米莱迪的复仇线索也让人物关系变得复杂。读完前几章的轻快之后，后半部的阴影会更重，正是这种明暗交替让《三剑客》历经一百八十年仍不过时。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢情节推进快、冒险与决斗场面的读者
对大仲马、法国浪漫主义文学感兴趣，想从代表作入门的读者
喜欢武侠式兄弟情义、江湖气与“结义”母题的读者
打算系统阅读外国文学名著、希望选一个可靠法语直译本的人

Not a good fit for

习惯现代超短句、不愿适应19世纪长句与旧式称谓的读者
希望读到精简版、改写版或青少年缩写本的人
只想读悬疑推理、对宫廷权谋和历史背景缺乏兴趣的读者

Reading tips

先读第一章到第十章，理清达达尼昂与三位火枪手结识的过程，再顺着主线进入金刚钻坠子事件。
读时可留意四个火枪手的性格差异——阿托斯的沉默、波托斯的虚荣、阿拉密斯的圆滑，人物声口是本书一大乐趣。
前后两部分气质不同，中段拉罗舍尔围城和米莱迪线索转向阴冷，建议不要在此时停读，完整读完才能体会结构。
若读译本有障碍，可先看一段影视改编熟悉人物关系，再回到原著细读对话与讽刺笔法。

About the publisher

Yilin Press China · Founded in 1988

Yilin Press focuses mainly on translated foreign literature. Its current catalogue of 318 titles covers common categories such as mystery and detective fiction, foreign literature, world classics, biography, and social novels. Representative books include The Complete Sherlock Holmes 2: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, To the Lighthouse, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, and Lives of the Artists: Michelangelo, often presented in bilingual or English-language editions that serve both original-text reading and language learning. Its author resources include foreign writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and Romain Rolland, as well as translators including Li Jiazhen, Gao Fen, and Ma Ye. The catalogue also includes Chinese works such as Li Jieren's Ripples Across Stagnant Water. The press shows a concentrated publishing strength in foreign classics and bilingual readers; given limited public information, this overview is based only on catalogue data.

FAQ

《三剑客》和《三个火枪手》是同一本书吗？

是同一本书。法文原名是 Les Trois Mousquetaires，中文有《三个火枪手》《三剑客》两种常见译名，早期伍光建的译本还叫《侠隐记》，指向的都是大仲马1844年发表的这部小说。

这本书适合中学生读吗？

可以作为课外阅读，但本书篇幅较长、人物众多，且涉及宫廷情事、决斗与处决等情节，建议高中以上或阅读能力较强的初中生阅读，低龄孩子更适合读改写缩写本。

周克希译本有什么特点？

周克希由法文原文译出，译文句式较为干净、对白生动，兼顾雅致与可读性，这一版由译林出版社作为“经典译林”丛书推出，并经过全面校订，是流通较广的中文译本之一。

读这本书需要先了解法国历史吗？

不必。书中涉及的黎塞留、路易十三、拉罗舍尔围城等历史背景，大仲马都作了交代，当作冒险小说读完全可行；若先查阅一点17世纪法国与英国的基本情况，会更容易体会作者的戏谑与改写。

这部小说有续集吗？

有。达达尼昂的故事在《二十年后》和《布拉热洛纳子爵》（又译《十年之后》）中继续，通常被称为“火枪手三部曲”，本书是第一部。

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Alexandre Dumas Author · French · 1802–1870

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a French Romantic writer and playwright of the nineteenth century, often hailed as the "king of popular fiction." His works typically draw on real history for their settings, with intricate plots and vivid characters that combine dramatic tension with broad popular appeal. His representative works, The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, are widely read; the latter is available on this site in multiple English volumes, an illustrated collector's edition, and a complete three-volume set. The site currently lists fifty-seven of his works, mostly under Foreign Literature and World Classics, with some also classified under Otherworld Continent, showing how his storytelling crosses genres and has exerted a lasting influence.