The Three Musketeers
Read The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas in French 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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C’était le premier lundi d’avril 1625.
It was the first Monday of April, 1625.
Dans la ville de Meung, qui avait un grand marché, quelque chose n’allait vraiment pas.
In the market town of Meung, something seemed very wrong.
C’était la ville où est né l’auteur du Roman de la Rose.
This was the town where the author of Romance of the Rose was born.
La ville semblait aussi agitée que si les huguenots venaient d’attaquer La Rochelle encore une fois.
The town looked as excited as if the Huguenots had just attacked La Rochelle again.
Beaucoup de gens voyaient des femmes courir vers la Grand-Rue.
Many people saw women running toward the High Street.
Les femmes laissaient leurs enfants qui pleuraient devant les portes ouvertes.
The women left their crying children at open doors.
Quelques hommes mettaient vite leur armure.
Some men quickly put on their armor.
History
- Written by Alexandre Dumas in French
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026