The Three Musketeers

I've made through the first 100 pages of The Three Musketeers. I have to admit that they were quite a challenge to get through because of Dumas's great attention to detail in the descriptions of EVERY character, including the lackeys. However, I have gotten to the point of the court intrigue in the book and things are moving right along. Alexandre Dumas has given me one gift so far and that is the gift of short chapters. It makes the book a little easier to plow through until I get into the thick of the plot. I can already understand how the book made the list, though. It is a masterwork of French literature and Dumas's writing style emulates his contemporary Gustav Flaubert, who is the author of #7 on the list, Madame Bovary, so far my favorite book ever.

Anyway, I am soldering on like a good musketeer and I see many more sword fights in my immediate future.