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Wow, I almost just made a huge mistake (re: 3 Musketeers)

Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:26 pm
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:26 pm
I had purchased a box set of The Three Musketeers which led me to believe it was a trilogy which included The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Man in the Iron Mask. I was just about to start The Man in the Iron Mask when I happened to read the introduction, which mentioned the work "The Vicomte De Bragelonne". Boy, was I mistaken! I now know that the third novel actually includes The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Vallière, and The Man in the Iron Mask. I almost just skipped way ahead without knowing it. Crazy! I guess I'm posting this so others don't make my mistake. Those who knew this already, feel free to laugh at my blunder. lol.

So this is the "3rd novel" lol I guess I have to read them all! Has anyone else read them?



This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 10:42 pm
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:35 am to
I’m dumb bc I thought three musketeers was a standalone book
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 1:51 pm to
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I’m dumb bc I thought three musketeers was a standalone book
Well technically the first novel in the trilogy is its own novel called The Three Musketeers so you're not entirely wrong?

Also WHY is it not called THE FOUR MUSKETEERS? I would also love to know this.
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 2:20 pm to
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Also WHY is it not called THE FOUR MUSKETEERS? I would also love to know this.


When I was a little kid I thought it was Four Musketeers! Maybe I was inadvertently not far off.
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:55 pm to
I mean I get that Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are the 3 musketeers and that D'Artagnan is not one when we meet him, but throughout the majority of the D'Artagnan romances, he is the 4th musketeer.
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