ThreeMusketeers(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)

TheThreeMusketeers,byAlexandreDumas,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Newintroductionscommissionedfromtoday'stopwritersandscholarsBiographiesoftheauthorsChronologiesofcontemporaryhistorical,biographical,andculturaleventsFootnotesandendnotesSelectivediscussionsofimitations,parodies,poems,books,plays,paintings,operas,statuary,andfilmsinspiredbytheworkCommentsbyotherfamousauthorsStudyquestionstochallengethereader'sviewpointsandexpectationsBibliographiesforfurtherreadingIndices&Glossaries,whenappropriateAlleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.Mixingabitofseventeenth-centuryFrenchhistorywithagreatdealofinvention,AlexandreDumastellsthetaleofyoungD’Artagnanandhismusketeercomrades,Porthos,AthosandAramis.Togethertheyfighttofoiltheschemesofthebrilliant,dangerousCardinalRichelieu,whopretendstosupportthekingwhileplottingtoadvancehisownpower.Burstingwithswirlingswordplay,swooningromance,andunforgettablefiguressuchastheseductivelybeautifulbutdeadlyfemmefatale,Milady,andD’Artagnan’sequallybeautifullove,MadameBonacieux,TheThreeMusketeerscontinues,afteracenturyandahalfofcontinuouspublication,todefinethegenreofswashbucklingromanceandhistoricaladventure.BarbaraT.CooperisProfessorofFrenchattheUniversityofNewHampshire.SheisamemberoftheeditorialboardsofNineteenth-CenturyFrenchStudiesandtheCahiersAlexandreDumasandspecializesinnineteenth-centuryFrenchdramaandworksbyDumas.