GRAND ADVENTURE B1 B2

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is available here as the complete text, split into 2721 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Alexandre Dumas68 chapters

The thrilling adventures of young d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis fighting for honor, the King, and the Queen of France against the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu.

68 chaptersComplete chronicle

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This edition of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1257, divided into 92 chapters and 2721 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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The complete text of The Three Musketeers is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #1257 and divided into 2721 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1257, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 13603 sentences across 92 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is The Three Musketeers divided for reading?

The Three Musketeers is presented in 92 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Three Musketeers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2721 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 92 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Every sentence of The Three Musketeers can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of The Three Musketeers?

Yes. All 13603 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1257 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Three Musketeers is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #1257, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Three Musketeers take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2721 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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The Three Musketeers

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