The Three Musketeers
Read The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas in German and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, and B2.
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It begins on the most unpromising of steeds: an old yellow pony, tailless, its head drooping below its knees, plodding into the town of Meung while onlookers laugh. On its back rides D'Artagnan, a hot-blooded young Gascon bound for Paris with fifteen crowns, a letter of introduction, and his father's parting counsel: "Never fear quarrels, but seek adventures." Adventures find him quickly enough. Within days he has picked three duels with the very Musketeers he means to join, and by the time swords are drawn, he has instead won the friendship of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the Three Inseparables, sworn to one motto: "All for one, one for all."
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Es war der erste Montag im April 1625.
It was the first Monday of April, 1625.
In der Marktstadt Meung schien etwas sehr falsch zu sein.
In the market town of Meung, something seemed very wrong.
Dies war die Stadt, in der der Autor von Der Rosenroman geboren wurde.
This was the town where the author of Romance of the Rose was born.
Die Stadt wirkte so aufgeregt, als hätten die Hugenotten gerade wieder La Rochelle angegriffen.
The town looked as excited as if the Huguenots had just attacked La Rochelle again.
Viele Leute sahen Frauen zur Hauptstraße rennen.
Many people saw women running toward the High Street.
Die Frauen ließen ihre weinenden Kinder an offenen Türen zurück.
The women left their crying children at open doors.
Einige Männer zogen schnell ihre Rüstung an.
Some men quickly put on their armor.
History
- Written by Alexandre Dumas in French
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026