Helpful Score: 3
I am writing this review only for the Penguin Classic version, as I know that each translation can vary slightly. Overall I found the Penguin version to have a good flow with few, if any, of the jerkiness or awkward phrasing that can often occur with translated novels. I was equally pleased with Penguin's unabridged translation of "The Count of Monte Cristo" as well.
I will say that Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo" fits easily into my Top 5 list of all-time favorite books. I held similar expectations for "The Three Musketeers" but was somewhat disappointed.
Perhaps the general premise of "Monte Cristo" appealed to me more, but I found "Musketeers" to be lacking in comparison when it came to overall plot, character development, and character likeability. I was not completely bored with the story since there was enough action and intrigue to keep it moving, but at the same time I found it rather tedious to read.
"Musketeers" is actually the first book in what became a trilogy. The second book in the series is "Twenty Years After." The third book is "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" which is sometimes published as three separate novels: '10 Years Later', 'Louis de la Valliere', and 'The Man in the Iron Mask.'
I will say that Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo" fits easily into my Top 5 list of all-time favorite books. I held similar expectations for "The Three Musketeers" but was somewhat disappointed.
Perhaps the general premise of "Monte Cristo" appealed to me more, but I found "Musketeers" to be lacking in comparison when it came to overall plot, character development, and character likeability. I was not completely bored with the story since there was enough action and intrigue to keep it moving, but at the same time I found it rather tedious to read.
"Musketeers" is actually the first book in what became a trilogy. The second book in the series is "Twenty Years After." The third book is "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" which is sometimes published as three separate novels: '10 Years Later', 'Louis de la Valliere', and 'The Man in the Iron Mask.'
