I finished reading THE THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexandre Dumas last night. Thick book. A post-worthy accomplishment, I feel.
I liked it a lot. More than imagined I would. I don’t know about earlier English editions. I read the 2018 Lawrence Ellsworth translation. 788 pages or so. The story itself (minus prefaces and appendices) comes in at 760 pages in hardcover with a font none too large. The edition also includes lovely reprinted old illustrations.
Despite
Ellsworth’s warning that the middle might sag, I only felt drag towards
the end where Dumas focuses too long on Milady’s escape from England. Otherwise, the story had my solidly engaged throughout.
4/5 stars. Not too shabby as a book from the 1840s under the eyes of a modern reader.
