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1、TheThreeMusketeersByAlexandreDumasPublishedbyPlaneteBook.VisitthesitetodownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovels.ThisworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial3.0UnitedStatesLicense.AUTHOR’SPREFACEInwhichitisprovedthat,notwithstandingtheirnames’endi
2、nginOSandIS,theheroesofthestorywhichweareabouttohavethehonortorelatetoourreadershavenoth-ingmythologicalaboutthem.Ashorttimeago,whilemakingresearchesintheRoyalLibraryformyHistoryofLouisXIV,IstumbledbychanceupontheMemoirsofM.d’Artagnan,printed—asweremostoftheworksofthatperiod,in
3、whichauthorscouldnottellthetruthwithouttheriskofaresidence,moreorlesslong,intheBastille—atAmsterdam,byPierreRouge.Thetitleattractedme;Itookthemhomewithme,withthepermis-sionoftheguardian,anddevouredthem.Itisnotmyintentionheretoenterintoananalysisofthiscuriouswork;andIshallsatisf
4、ymyselfwithreferringsuchofmyreadersasappreciatethepicturesoftheperiodtoitspages.Theywillthereinfindportraitspenciledbythehandofamaster;andalthoughthesesquibsmaybe,forthemostpart,traceduponthedoorsofbarracksandthewallsofcabarets,theywillnotfindthelikenessesofLouisXIII,AnneofAust
5、ria,Richelieu,Mazarin,andthecourtiersoftheperiod,lessfaithfulthaninthehistoryofM.Anquetil.But,itiswellknown,whatstrikesthecapriciousmindofthepoetisnotalwayswhataffectsthemassofreaders.Now,whileadmiring,asothersdoubtlesswilladmire,thedetailsFreeeBooksatPlaneteBook.com3wehavetore
6、late,ourmainpreoccupationconcernedamat-tertowhichnoonebeforeourselveshadgivenathought.D’ArtagnanrelatesthatonhisfirstvisittoM.deTreville,captainoftheking’sMusketeers,hemetintheantecham-berthreeyoungmen,servingintheillustriouscorpsintowhichhewassolicitingthehonorofbeingreceived,
7、bearingthenamesofAthos,Porthos,andAramis.Wemustconfessthesethreestrangenamesstruckus;anditimmediatelyoccurredtousthattheywerebutpseud-onyms,underwhichd’Artagnanhaddisguisednamesperhapsillustrious,orelsethatthebearersofthesebor-rowednameshadthemselveschosenthemonthedayinwhich,fr
8、omcaprice,discontent,orwantoffortune,theyhaddonnedthes
