The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas – read by various volunteers
Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) (first published in 1844, is one of the most enduring adventure novels of all time. The story follows young d’Artagnan, who leaves his home to join the King’s Musketeers and quickly befriends three inseparable companions—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they live by the famous motto: “One for all, and all for one.”
Set in 17th-century France during the reign of Louis XIII, the novel brims with political intrigue, duels, romance, and betrayal. The musketeers find themselves entangled in plots involving the ambitious Cardinal Richelieu, the vulnerable Queen Anne, and the dangerous Milady de Winter, one of literature’s most memorable villains.
Blending history with swashbuckling adventure, The Three Musketeers established Dumas as a master storyteller and continues to captivate readers and listeners around the world.
