One Hundred World's Best Novels Condensed

David Copperfield to Quo Vadis, Don Quixote to The War of the Worlds — a hundred of the world's great novels, each condensed to a brisk summary with its author's life story, as read in 1919.

The Three Musketeers

5 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Three Musketeers

By ALEXANDRE DUMAS Condensation by CAPT. ANDRE MORIZE "ALL for one; and one for all!"

The Three Musketeers: Artagnan

At Meung, even before reaching Paris, d'Artagnan had had an honorable encounter, his adversary being a tall, commanding stranger of olivine…

The Three Musketeers: Winter

A spy reported this to Richelieu, who saw in it an opportunity to attack the king, the queen, and the duke all at once. First Richelieu…

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

In church next day d'Artagnan's eye was caught by a very beautiful lady whom he recognized as the one who had been with the stranger at…

The Three Musketeers: Dumas

As for Rochefort, d'Artagnan fought him many times, but at last they decided that they were both too good to die, and they became friends…

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