The Three Musketeers
Read The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas in Italian 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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Era il primo lunedì di aprile del 1625.
It was the first Monday of April, 1625.
Nella città di mercato di Meung, qualcosa sembrava andare molto male.
In the market town of Meung, something seemed very wrong.
Questa era la città dove era nato l’autore del Romanzo della Rosa.
This was the town where the author of Romance of the Rose was born.
La città sembrava agitata come se gli Ugonotti avessero appena attaccato di nuovo La Rochelle.
The town looked as excited as if the Huguenots had just attacked La Rochelle again.
Molte persone vedevano donne che correvano verso la strada principale.
Many people saw women running toward the High Street.
Le donne lasciavano i loro bambini in lacrime davanti alle porte aperte.
The women left their crying children at open doors.
Alcuni uomini si mettevano in fretta l’armatura.
Some men quickly put on their armor.
History
- Written by Alexandre Dumas in French
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026