本书为英文原版小说，是大仲马的成名作，是一部以历史事件为题材的杰出通俗小说。小说将宫廷争斗、风流韵事与三个火枪手的冒险经历巧妙地结合在一起，读来生动曲折，在艺术上塑造了一群生动鲜明、性格各异的人物形象，在思想内容上也真实再现了十七世纪上半叶法国统治阶级之间的明争暗斗、互相倾轧的政治局势。

One of the most celebrated and popular Historical romances ever written, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D"Artagnan, and his three friends from the regiment of the King"s Musketeers-Atlios, Porthos and Ararnis.

Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville, the four defend the I1oiloLir of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honou.r of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of seventeenth-century France are vividly played out in the background.

But their most dangerous encounter is with the Cardinal"sspy, Milady, one of literature"s most rnemorable femalevillains, and Alexandre Dumas employs all his fast-pacednarrative skills to bring this enthralling novel to abreathtakingly gripping and dramatic conclusion.

INTRODUCTION

BIBIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Three Presents of M. d"Artaguan, the Father

The Antechamber of M. de Treville

The Audience

The Shoulder of Athos, the Belt of Porthos and the

Handkerchief of Aramis

The King"s Musketeers and the Cardinal"s Guards

His Majesty King Louis the Thirteenth

The Domestic Manners of the Musketeers

The Court Intrigue

D"Artaguan Begins to Show Himself

A Mousetrap of the Seventeenth Century

The Intrigue Becomes Confused

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Monsieur Bonancieux

The Man of Meung

Civilians and Soldiers

In which the Keeper of the Seals, Sdguier, looked more than once a#er the bel~ that he might ring it as he had been used to do

The Bonancieux Household

The Lover and the Husband

The Plan of Campaign

The yourney

The Countess de Winter

The Ballet of The Merlaison

The Appointment

The Pavilion

Porthos

The Thesis of Aramis

The Wife of Athos

The Return

The Hunt after Equipments

‘My Laay"

English and French

An Attorney"s Dinner

Maid and Mistress

Concerning the Equipments of Aramis and Porthos

All Cats are alike Grey in the Dark

The Dream of Vengeance

The Lady"s Secret

How, without disturbing himself, Athos obtained his Equipment

A Charming Vision

A Terrible Vision

The Siege of La Rochelle

The Wine of Anjou

The Red Dovecot Tavern

The Utility of Stove Funnels

A Conjugal Scene

The Bastion of St Gervais

The Council of the Musketeers

A Family Affair

Fatality

A Chat between a Brother and Sister

The Officer

The First Day of Imprisonment

The Second Day of Imprisonment

The Third Day of Imprisonment

The Fourth Day of Imprisonment

The Fifth Day of Imprisonment

An Event in Classical Tragedy

The Escape

What Happened at Portsmouth on the Twenty-third of August 1628

In France

The Carmelite Convent of Bethune

Two Kinds of Demons

A Drop of Water

The Man in the Red Cloak

The Judgment

The Execution

A Message from The Cardinal

The Epilogue